Here are updates about coronavirus cases in Brevard, according to the Florida Department of Health, as of April 26, 2020.
Brevard gained two new cases of the coronavirus Sunday morning for a total of 252 cases, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. Deaths stayed the same at eight.
Deaths involved five women and three men ranging in age from 73 to 94. The eighth death was recorded Thursday. One of the deaths involved someone at a long-term care facility, according to the DOH.
There have been 47 hospitalizations thus far. That means the number of people who at some point required hospital treatment, not the current number hospitalized. A more current breakdown is not provided.
The ages of those infected ranges from 1 to 94 and the median age is 53. The racial breakdown of cases is: 70% white; 18% black; 5% “other” and 7% unknown. Hispanics accounted for 16% of cases; non-Hispanics for 77% and 7% were of unknown ethnicity.
Brevard has tested 7,156 people with 3% of tests positive.
Across Florida, there were 31,528 cases as of Sunday morning (30,680 of those among state residents); 1,074 deaths, and 4,957 hospitalizations. The state has tested 333,682 people with 9% testing positive.
The Florida Department of Health announced Saturday it’s only going to provide updates once per day, instead of twice per day, to provide more comprehensive information.
The city by city count as of Saturday includes (note: some of these may include unincorporated areas):
• Melbourne: 82
• Palm Bay: 40
• Cocoa: 33
• Merritt Island: 21
Satellite Beach: 12
• Titusville: 11
• Rockledge: 8
• Viera: 7
• Cocoa Beach: 7
• Indian Harbour Beach: 6
• West Melbourne: 3
• Melbourne Beach: 2
• Cape Canaveral: 2
• Mims: 2
• Sebastian: 1
• Barefoot Bay: 1
• Valkaria: 1
• Malabar: 1
• Grant-Valkaria: 1
• Indialantic: 1 (Florida Today)
