(CNN) — What should be a booming tourist destination at this time of year is now riddled with coronaviruses, outshining other states and even entire countries in some statistics.
This is the situation in Florida:
The state had more new cases in a single day than the entire US in approximately two months.
Florida reported its highest number of new covid-19 cases in a single day, 15,300, on Saturday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
That’s a new record for new cases in a single day for any state, including New York state at the start of the pandemic.
It took the United States 59 days to exceed 15,000 cases combined, from January 21 to March 20.
It also took the entire United States more than two months from the start of the outbreak to reach 15,000 new cases in a single day.
That happened on March 26, when the United States recorded 18,036 new cases in a single day, according to Johns Hopkins data.
Florida has 12 times more cases than Australia and South Korea combined
Australia and South Korea have more inhabitants than Florida, but both countries have seen only a fraction of the state’s covid-19 cases.
Australia (population 25 million) has recorded 9,980 cases of covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Monday.
South Korea (population 51 million) has recorded 13,479 coronavirus cases as of Monday.
Florida (population 21 million) has recorded 282,435 cases of covid-19 as of Monday, according to Johns Hopkins.
In other words, the covid-19 cases in Florida have outnumbered those in Australia and South Korea combined, multiplied by 12.
The number of deaths from covid-19 in Florida is as if 10 jumbo jets crashed
At least 4,277 Florida residents have died of covid-19.
A Boeing 747 aircraft can carry around 400 passengers. That means the death toll from Florida’s coronavirus is almost the same as if 10 of these giant planes crashed, killing everyone on board.
Florida has tripled the number of China’s covid-19 cases
Six months ago, the world thought that this new coronavirus was contained in China, specifically in the Wuhan area.
But now, all of China has less than 1/3 of Florida’s total covid-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins data. As of Monday, China had recorded 85,117 total cases since the pandemic began, compared to Florida’s 282,435.
Florida has also overtaken Italy in covid-19 cases
Italy came under worldwide scrutiny for its handling of covid-19, after the disease quickly spread out of control.
But after strict government mandates, the country has managed to smother the virus and has returned to normal.
As of Monday, Italy (population 60 million) had 243,230 cases registered throughout the pandemic. Florida (population of 21 million) has already exceeded that number, with 282,435 cases.
However, the death toll in Florida is still lower than in Italy: 4,277 in the US state, compared to 34,954 in Italy.
Florida has more covid-19 cases than most countries
If Florida were a country, it would rank 9th in the number of covid-19 cases worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins data as of Monday.
Eight countries have higher records than Florida: the United States, Brazil, India, Russia, Peru, Chile, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
And more than 100 countries have fewer covid-19 cases than Florida, including France, Germany, and Japan.
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