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

April 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

State

4/9/20

4/16/20

Rolling 7-Day Growth Rate in Confirmed Cases (4/9-4/16)

Rank by Growth Rate (Highest=1st)

Change from Previous Ranking

South Dakota

447

1311

193%

1

Rhode Island

1727

3529

104%

2

Kentucky

1341

2435

82%

3

Maryland

6185

10784

74%

4

?1

New Mexico

865

1484

72%

5

?8

Delaware

1209

2070

71%

6

Illinois

15079

25734

71%

7

?7

Virginia

4042

6889

70%

8

?1

Massachusetts

18941

32181

70%

9

?1

Iowa

1270

2141

69%

10

Nebraska

568

952

68%

11

Connecticut

9784

15884

62%

12

?8

Alabama

2703

4345

61%

13

?4

Mississippi

2260

3624

60%

14

?2

Pennsylvania

18300

28258

54%

15

?2

District of Columbia

1523

2350

54%

16

?5

Puerto Rico

683

1043

53%

17

Ohio

5512

8414

53%

18

?5

North Carolina

3736

5639

51%

19

?1

Missouri

3432

5174

51%

20

?8

Texas

11208

16876

51%

21

?6

Indiana

6351

9542

50%

22

?4

Georgia

10566

15669

48%

23

?1

New Jersey

51027

75317

48%

24

?3

Colorado

5655

8286

47%

25

?9

North Dakota

269

393

46%

26

?5

Minnesota

1240

1809

46%

27

?8

Arkansas

1119

1620

45%

28

?10

Kansas

1116

1615

45%

29

?4

Utah

1856

2683

45%

30

?11

Florida

16364

23343

43%

31

?1

Maine

560

796

42%

32

?2

West Virginia

514

728

42%

33

?1

South Carolina

2793

3931

41%

34

?9

California

19710

27677

40%

35

?2

Arizona

3018

4237

40%

36

?8

Oklahoma

1686

2357

40%

37

?8

New Hampshire

819

1139

39%

38

?16

New York

161779

223691

38%

39

?3

Tennessee

4634

6375

38%

40

?3

Wisconsin

2886

3875

34%

41

?1

Michigan

21504

28809

34%

42

?2

Oregon

1321

1736

31%

43

?5

Nevada

2456

3214

31%

44

?9

Idaho

1232

1587

29%

45

?5

Wyoming

230

296

29%

46

?1

Alaska

235

300

28%

47

?1

Vermont

628

774

23%

48

?1

Louisiana

18283

22532

23%

49

?2

Hawaii

442

530

20%

50

?2

Montana

354

415

17%

51

Washington

9639

11057

15%

52

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Confirmed Cases by US State, as of April 17, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Florida County

4/10/20

4/17/20

Rolling 7-Day Growth Rate in Confirmed Cases (4/10-4/17)

Alachua  

167

202

21%

Baker  

16

17

6%

Bay  

36

43

19%

Bradford  

22

39

77%

Brevard  

115

202

76%

Broward  

2645

3660

38%

Calhoun  

5

5

0%

Charlotte  

85

128

51%

Citrus  

60

82

37%

Clay  

114

195

71%

Collier  

318

432

36%

Columbia  

23

35

52%

Dade  

6119

8549

40%

Desoto  

20

22

10%

Dixie  

1

3

200%

Duval  

609

794

30%

Escambia  

197

282

43%

Flagler  

44

52

18%

Franklin  

2

2

0%

Gadsden  

14

45

221%

Gilchrist  

4

6

50%

Glades  

4

5

25%

Gulf  

1

1

0%

Hamilton  

2

3

50%

Hardee  

3

4

33%

Hendry  

14

28

100%

Hernando  

62

79

27%

Highlands  

47

66

40%

Hillsborough  

671

917

37%

Holmes  

2

5

150%

Indian River  

68

85

25%

Jackson  

5

8

60%

Jefferson  

9

23

156%

Lafayette  

1

1

0%

Lake  

147

187

27%

Lee  

547

718

31%

Leon  

82

164

100%

Levy  

6

9

50%

Liberty  

0

2

200%

Madison  

14

17

21%

Manatee  

198

314

59%

Marion  

82

115

40%

Martin  

111

142

28%

Monroe  

55

66

20%

Nassau  

33

40

21%

Okaloosa  

83

119

43%

Okeechobee  

5

5

0%

Orange  

895

1135

27%

Osceola  

300

388

29%

Palm Beach  

1388

1962

41%

Pasco  

141

193

37%

Pinellas  

428

557

30%

Polk  

237

311

31%

Putnam  

28

52

86%

Santa Rosa  

103

129

25%

Sarasota  

208

269

29%

Seminole  

235

310

32%

St. Johns  

163

185

13%

St. Lucie  

144

192

33%

Sumter  

106

117

10%

Suwannee  

58

85

47%

Taylor  

1

1

0%

Union  

2

2

0%

Volusia  

187

263

41%

Wakulla  

7

14

100%

Walton  

27

29

7%

Washington  

3

6

100%

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

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