Palm Beach County remains in Phase One of reopening and is considering the move into Phase Two while COVID-19 cases continually increase.
According to Robert Weinroth, Vice Mayor of Palm Beach County, local officials will find a 10% positivity rate concerning.
The Florida Department of Health website provides a comprehensive list of COVID-19 statistics for the state and individual counties at https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429 .
The positivity rate for June 18 was 7.8% and on June 17 it was 13.4%.
“Palm Beach County was the first in South Florida to end its coronavirus lockdown, despite not meeting all federal guidelines. The county is averaging 300 new cases a day,” according to the Sun-Sentinel.
On June 18 there were 234 new cases and on June 17 there were 344 new cases.
In total there are a total of 89,748 positive cases in the state of Florida and a total of 3,104 deaths. In Palm Beach County there are a total of 10,116 positive cases with 464 deaths.