Sen. Rick Scott Releases Daily Update on Coronavirus Growth Rate by State and Florida County

April 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released an update on the growth rate of cases of the Coronavirus by state, and by county in Florida, as of April 28, 2020, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering and Florida Department of Health data. Senator Scott is releasing this information daily to show which states are slowing the growth of Coronavirus. Please note: data provided from Johns Hopkins is compiled from federal data and may have discrepancies from latest state updates.

Please see the charts below of Confirmed Cases by US State and by Florida County, as of April 28, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

State

4/20/20

4/27/20

Rolling 7-Day Growth Rate in Confirmed Cases (4/20-4/27)

Rank by Growth Rate (Highest=1st)

Change from Previous Ranking

Nebraska

1648

3358

104%

1

Iowa

3159

5868

86%

2

Kansas

2048

3473

70%

3

Wyoming

317

520

64%

4

?1

Arkansas

1973

3069

56%

5

?1

Minnesota

2470

3811

54%

6

?2

Delaware

2745

4162

52%

7

?1

Rhode Island

5090

7708

51%

8

?1

Virginia

8990

13538

51%

9

North Dakota

627

942

50%

10

Massachusetts

38077

56462

48%

11

?3

Illinois

31513

45883

46%

12

?1

New Mexico

1971

2825

43%

13

?2

Colorado

9730

13879

43%

14

?4

Maryland

13684

19487

42%

15

?3

Tennessee

7238

9918

37%

16

?6

North Carolina

6895

9428

37%

17

?6

Indiana

11688

15961

37%

18

?10

Kentucky

3050

4156

36%

19

Wisconsin

4499

6081

35%

20

?4

Mississippi

4512

6094

35%

21

?4

New Hampshire

1447

1938

34%

22

?5

California

33686

44966

33%

23

?7

South Dakota

1685

2244

33%

24

?1

District of Columbia

2927

3892

33%

25

?4

Arizona

5068

6725

33%

26

?3

Utah

3213

4236

32%

27

?1

Connecticut

19815

25997

31%

28

?13

Alabama

5079

6539

29%

29

?1

Pennsylvania

33914

43558

28%

30

?2

Texas

19751

25321

28%

31

Ohio

12919

16325

26%

32

?12

South Carolina

4446

5613

26%

33

?4

New Jersey

88722

111188

25%

34

Georgia

19407

24302

25%

35

?2

Missouri

5890

7305

24%

36

?2

Nevada

3830

4700

23%

37

?2

Oklahoma

2680

3281

22%

38

?2

Oregon

1957

2354

20%

39

Michigan

32000

38210

19%

40

Florida

27059

32138

19%

41

West Virginia

902

1063

18%

42

Maine

875

1023

17%

43

New York

253060

291996

15%

44

Idaho

1672

1897

13%

45

Washington

12114

13686

13%

46

?2

Puerto Rico

1252

1389

11%

47

?1

Louisiana

24523

27068

10%

48

?1

Alaska

321

345

7%

49

Vermont

816

855

5%

50

Hawaii

584

607

4%

51

Montana

433

449

4%

52

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Confirmed Cases by US State, as of April 28, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Florida County

4/21/20

4/28/20

Rolling 7-Day Growth Rate in Confirmed Cases (4/21-4/28)

Alachua  

223

255

14%

Baker  

17

20

18%

Bay  

58

70

21%

Bradford  

42

44

5%

Brevard  

223

268

20%

Broward  

4149

4847

17%

Calhoun  

6

6

0%

Charlotte  

143

219

53%

Citrus  

92

97

5%

Clay  

252

272

8%

Collier  

473

568

20%

Columbia  

42

55

31%

Dade  

9840

11831

20%

Desoto  

24

26

8%

Dixie  

4

6

50%

Duval  

901

1001

11%

Escambia  

337

485

44%

Flagler  

77

131

70%

Franklin  

2

2

0%

Gadsden  

57

94

65%

Gilchrist  

6

6

0%

Glades  

5

6

20%

Gulf  

1

1

0%

Hamilton  

3

6

100%

Hardee  

4

14

250%

Hendry  

44

72

64%

Hernando  

85

89

5%

Highlands  

71

81

14%

Hillsborough  

977

1080

11%

Holmes  

8

9

13%

Indian River  

85

90

6%

Jackson  

10

13

30%

Jefferson  

26

28

8%

Lafayette  

1

1

0%

Lake  

213

226

6%

Lee  

789

990

25%

Leon  

185

213

15%

Levy  

13

18

38%

Liberty  

2

2

0%

Madison  

25

49

96%

Manatee  

437

563

29%

Marion  

130

160

23%

Martin  

156

18

19%

Monroe  

73

79

8%

Nassau  

46

53

15%

Okaloosa  

134

152

13%

Okeechobee  

7

10

43%

Orange  

1222

1363

12%

Osceola  

416

474

14%

Palm Beach  

2296

2877

25%

Pasco  

211

239

13%

Pinellas  

611

709

16%

Polk  

351

457

30%

Putnam  

58

103

78%

Santa Rosa  

141

151

7%

Sarasota  

296

334

13%

Seminole  

328

374

14%

St. Johns  

193

207

7%

St. Lucie  

204

239

17%

Sumter  

153

177

16%

Suwannee  

102

128

25%

Taylor  

2

3

50%

Union  

2

4

100%

Volusia  

356

445

25%

Wakulla  

15

22

47%

Walton  

32

35

9%

Washington  

8

12

50%

Source: Florida Department of Health, Division of Disease Control and Health Protection

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