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

April 19, 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 18, 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 18, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

State

4/10/20

4/17/20

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

Rank by Growth Rate (Highest=1st)

Change from Previous Ranking

South Dakota

536

1411

163%

1

Rhode Island

1727

4177

142%

2

Delaware

1326

2317

75%

3

?3

Iowa

1388

2332

68%

4

?6

Nebraska

635

1066

68%

5

?6

Virginia

4509

7491

66%

6

?2

Maryland

6968

11572

66%

7

?3

Massachusetts

20974

34402

64%

8

?1

Connecticut

10538

16809

60%

9

?3

New Hampshire

819

1287

57%

10

?28

Alabama

2947

4571

55%

11

?2

Minnesota

1336

2070

55%

12

?15

Ohio

5878

9107

55%

13

?5

Kansas

1117

1730

55%

14

?15

Illinois

17887

27578

54%

15

?8

Mississippi

2469

3793

54%

16

?2

North Carolina

3965

6045

52%

17

?2

Georgia

11485

17194

50%

18

?5

District of Columbia

1660

2476

49%

19

?3

Pennsylvania

20051

29888

49%

20

?5

Kentucky

1693

2522

49%

21

?14

New Mexico

1081

1597

48%

22

?17

Texas

12105

17849

47%

23

?2

Puerto Rico

725

1068

47%

24

?7

Indiana

6907

10154

47%

25

?3

Arizona

3112

4511

45%

26

?10

Arkansas

1171

1695

45%

27

?1

New Jersey

54588

78467

44%

28

?4

North Dakota

278

393

41%

29

?3

Florida

17531

24759

41%

30

?1

Maine

586

827

41%

31

?1

Colorado

6202

8691

40%

32

?7

California

21081

29157

38%

33

?2

Missouri

3897

5371

38%

34

?14

Oklahoma

1794

2465

37%

35

?2

Oregon

1322

1785

35%

36

?7

West Virginia

574

775

35%

37

?4

Michigan

22434

30023

34%

38

?4

New York

172348

230597

34%

39

South Carolina

3067

4099

34%

40

?6

Utah

2103

2793

33%

41

?11

Wisconsin

3068

4053

32%

42

?1

Nevada

2722

3524

29%

43

?1

Tennessee

4891

6263

28%

44

?4

Wyoming

239

305

28%

45

?1

Alaska

246

309

26%

46

?1

Hawaii

442

541

22%

47

?3

Louisiana

19253

23118

20%

48

?1

Idaho

1354

1609

19%

49

?4

Montana

365

422

16%

50

?1

Vermont

679

779

15%

51

?3

Washington

10119

11517

14%

52

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Confirmed Cases by US State, as of April 18, 2020.

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Florida County

4/11/20

4/18/20

Rolling 7-Day Growth Rate in Confirmed Cases (4/11-4/18)

Alachua  

174

205

18%

Baker  

17

17

0%

Bay  

36

45

25%

Bradford  

24

40

67%

Brevard  

120

209

74%

Broward  

2806

3833

37%

Calhoun  

5

6

20%

Charlotte  

107

136

27%

Citrus  

66

82

24%

Clay  

158

217

37%

Collier  

344

453

32%

Columbia  

24

36

50%

Dade  

6487

8966

38%

Desoto  

20

23

15%

Dixie  

2

3

50%

Duval  

635

824

30%

Escambia  

206

303

47%

Flagler  

44

55

25%

Franklin  

2

2

0%

Gadsden  

14

47

236%

Gilchrist  

4

4

0%

Glades  

4

5

25%

Gulf  

1

1

0%

Hamilton  

2

3

50%

Hardee  

3

4

33%

Hendry  

16

36

125%

Hernando  

65

84

29%

Highlands  

51

66

29%

Hillsborough  

690

943

37%

Holmes  

2

5

150%

Indian River  

70

83

19%

Jackson  

5

8

60%

Jefferson  

9

24

167%

Lafayette  

1

1

0%

Lake  

149

201

35%

Lee  

584

731

25%

Leon  

112

169

51%

Levy  

6

11

83%

Liberty  

1

2

100%

Madison  

14

20

43%

Manatee  

203

352

73%

Marion  

83

118

42%

Martin  

115

147

28%

Monroe  

58

73

26%

Nassau  

33

42

27%

Okaloosa  

91

126

38%

Okeechobee  

5

6

20%

Orange  

914

1172

28%

Osceola  

317

397

25%

Palm Beach  

1441

2125

47%

Pasco  

148

196

32%

Pinellas  

444

577

30%

Polk  

242

320

32%

Putnam  

29

55

90%

Santa Rosa  

105

132

26%

Sarasota  

219

278

27%

Seminole  

242

314

30%

St. Johns  

167

188

13%

St. Lucie  

148

192

30%

Sumter  

107

124

16%

Suwannee  

66

89

35%

Taylor  

1

1

0%

Union  

2

2

0%

Volusia  

195

285

46%

Wakulla  

7

14

100%

Walton  

27

32

19%

Washington  

3

5

67%

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

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