By Ryan Yousefi
With COVID-19 cases spiking all around the state, Tamarac Talk continues providing updates from the Florida Department of Health.
According to the Florida Department of Health, as of December 15, there were 3,110 positive COVID-19 cases in Tamarac. That’s an increase of 57 positive cases since we last updated readers on December 14.
Statewide in Florida, there have been 1,155,335 positive COVID-19 cases to date. Florida is one of only three states in the U.S. to have recorded over one million COVID-19 cases, with only California and Texas registering more.
There were 140,309 COVID-19 tests conducted in Florida on December 15, with 15,863 coming back positive. Of those positive cases, 11,344 were Floridians testing positive for the first time.
Over the last two weeks, positive test rates have remained steady, ranging from 11.02-percent on November 29 to 11.31-percent on December 15. On December 14, Florida saw the highest positivity rate in months, with 11.96-percent of tests turning up positive.
The average age of a resident to contract COVID-19 in Broward County on December 8 was 41-years-old. For weeks, the average age of a person contracting COVID-19 in Florida has hovered at or around 40-years-old.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 20,204 deaths to date in Florida due to COVID-19 and a total of 58,969 patients hospitalized due to the virus.
Below are cases sorted by Broward County cities:
Fort Lauderdale 27,716
Hollywood 23,530
Pompano Beach 12,843
Miramar 7,862
Coral Springs 6,303
Sunrise 4,617
Davie 4,986
Plantation 3,916
Deerfield Beach 3,599
Weston 3,677
Tamarac 3,110
Margate 2,643
Coconut Creek 2,667
Hallandale 2,393
North Lauderdale 2,019
Pembroke Pines 2,087
Oakland Park 1,691
Cooper City 1,218
Parkland 1,141
Dania 855
Lauderdale Lakes 561
Lauderhill 551
Wilton Manors 548
Southwest Ranches 407
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