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

April 29, 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 29, 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 29, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

State

4/21/20

4/28/20

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

Rank by Growth Rate (Highest=1st)

Change from Previous Ranking

Nebraska

1685

3517

109%

1

Iowa

3641

6376

75%

2

Kansas

2164

3652

69%

3

Minnesota

2567

4181

63%

4

?2

Arkansas

1990

3127

57%

5

Delaware

2931

4575

56%

6

?1

North Dakota

644

991

54%

7

?3

New Mexico

1971

2974

51%

8

?5

Virginia

9630

14339

49%

9

Illinois

33059

48102

46%

10

?2

Rhode Island

5500

7927

44%

11

?3

Maryland

14193

20113

42%

12

?3

Massachusetts

41199

58302

42%

13

?2

Indiana

12097

16588

37%

14

?4

North Carolina

7134

9755

37%

15

?2

Colorado

10473

14316

37%

16

?2

Kentucky

3204

4375

37%

17

?2

Wisconsin

4625

6289

36%

18

?2

Tennessee

7394

10052

36%

19

?3

New Hampshire

1490

2010

35%

20

?2

Mississippi

4716

6342

34%

21

Arizona

5256

6955

32%

22

?4

South Dakota

1755

2313

32%

23

?1

Utah

3297

4345

32%

24

?3

California

35465

46164

30%

25

?2

Connecticut

20360

26312

29%

26

?2

South Carolina

4439

5735

29%

27

?6

District of Columbia

3098

3994

29%

28

?3

Texas

20574

26357

28%

29

?2

Pennsylvania

35249

45137

28%

30

Alabama

5317

6750

27%

31

?2

Georgia

19881

24922

25%

32

?3

New Jersey

92387

113856

23%

33

?1

Missouri

6066

7450

23%

34

?2

Nevada

3937

4821

22%

35

?2

Ohio

13725

16769

22%

36

?4

Oklahoma

2807

3410

21%

37

?1

Wyoming

443

536

21%

38

?34

West Virginia

908

1095

21%

39

?3

Michigan

32667

39262

20%

40

Oregon

2004

2385

19%

41

?2

Florida

27869

32848

18%

42

?1

Maine

888

1040

17%

43

New York

258361

295106

14%

44

Idaho

1736

1952

12%

45

Washington

12563

13842

10%

46

Louisiana

24854

27286

10%

47

?1

Puerto Rico

1298

1400

8%

48

?1

Alaska

329

351

7%

49

Vermont

818

862

5%

50

Hawaii

586

609

4%

51

Montana

437

451

3%

52

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Confirmed Cases by US State, as of April 29, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Florida County

4/22/20

4/29/20

Rolling 7-Day Growth Rate in Confirmed Cases (4/22-4/29)

Alachua  

224

262

17%

Baker  

17

20

18%

Bay  

58

70

21%

Bradford  

42

46

10%

Brevard  

224

270

21%

Broward  

4168

4898

18%

Calhoun  

6

8

33%

Charlotte  

143

223

56%

Citrus  

92

97

5%

Clay  

256

272

6%

Collier  

477

581

22%

Columbia  

43

57

33%

Dade  

10056

11927

19%

Desoto  

24

28

17%

Dixie  

4

6

50%

Duval  

909

1007

11%

Escambia  

340

496

46%

Flagler  

78

133

71%

Franklin  

2

2

0%

Gadsden  

57

94

65%

Gilchrist  

6

6

0%

Glades  

5

6

20%

Gulf  

1

1

0%

Hamilton  

4

6

50%

Hardee  

4

16

300%

Hendry  

46

80

74%

Hernando  

85

89

5%

Highlands  

71

81

14%

Hillsborough  

979

1105

13%

Holmes  

8

9

13%

Indian River  

85

90

6%

Jackson  

11

14

27%

Jefferson  

26

28

8%

Lafayette  

1

1

0%

Lake  

213

227

7%

Lee  

795

1003

26%

Leon  

186

214

15%

Levy  

12

18

50%

Liberty  

2

3

50%

Madison  

26

49

88%

Manatee  

443

567

28%

Marion  

130

165

27%

Martin  

160

186

16%

Monroe  

73

79

8%

Nassau  

46

56

22%

Okaloosa  

134

153

14%

Okeechobee  

8

10

25%

Orange  

1235

1371

11%

Osceola  

417

479

15%

Palm Beach  

2320

2911

25%

Pasco  

213

241

13%

Pinellas  

632

718

14%

Polk  

356

468

31%

Putnam  

59

103

75%

Santa Rosa  

139

153

10%

Sarasota  

297

338

14%

Seminole  

328

373

14%

St. Johns  

194

207

7%

St. Lucie  

206

239

16%

Sumter  

163

177

9%

Suwannee  

102

129

26%

Taylor  

2

3

50%

Union  

3

4

33%

Volusia  

366

448

22%

Wakulla  

15

22

47%

Walton  

32

35

9%

Washington  

9

12

33%

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

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