Florida COVID update for Monday: 608 deaths added, nearly half in the past two weeks
Florida on Monday reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5,775 more COVID-19 cases and 608 deaths, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,586,802 confirmed COVID cases and 55,619 deaths.
Of the deaths added Monday, about 87%, occurred over the past 28 days and about 48% occurred in the last two weeks, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
In the past seven days, on average, the state has added 222 deaths and 4,529 cases per day, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
COVID Deaths in South Florida and Manatee County
The CDC’s Community Profile Report released county-level death data for Florida’s 67 counties.
It is unclear when these newly reported deaths occurred. The Community Profile Report updates Florida’s county death tolls and rates about once every seven days, on or after the COVID-19 weekly situation report is published by the Florida Department of Health on Fridays.
As of Friday’s Community Profile Report, the most recent, Florida had a death rate of 256 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic. Two weeks ago, the state had a death rate of 237 deaths per 100,000 people.
Here’s where death rates and tolls stand in South Florida and Manatee, according to the CDC.
▪ Miami-Dade County’s death toll sits at 8,504, an increase of 224 deaths from the CDC’s last report. That’s a rate of 313 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
▪ Broward County’s death toll sits at 4,522, an increase of 120 deaths from the CDC’s last report. That’s a rate of 232 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
▪ Palm Beach County’s death toll sits at 3,933, an increase of 83 deaths from the CDC’s last report. That’s a rate of 263 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
▪ Monroe County’s death toll sits at 82, an increase of four deaths from the CDC’s last report. The county would be at a death rate of 110 deaths per 100,000 people if its population were that large.
▪ Manatee County’s death toll sits at 898, an increase of 14 deaths from the CDC’s last report. That’s a rate of 223 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
Florida COVID-19 Vaccine Rate
About 12,403,083 eligible Floridians — 57.7% of the state’s population — had completed the two-dose series of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or have completed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccinations in South Florida and Manatee County
The CDC still reported that every Florida county’s level of community transmission remains high. Here’s how many people have been fully vaccinated in South Florida, according to the CDC.
▪ In Miami-Dade County, about 1,979,572 people, or 72.9% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated.
▪ In Broward County, about 1,199,050 people are fully vaccinated, or 61.4% of the county’s population.
▪ In Palm Beach County, about 874,019 people are fully vaccinated, or 58.4% of the county’s population.
▪ In Monroe County, about 50,437 people are fully vaccinated, or 67.9% of the county’s population.
▪ In Manatee County, about 216,982 people are fully vaccinated, or 53.8% of the county’s population.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida
There were 4,847 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Monday report. This data is reported from 257 Florida hospitals. That is 132 fewer patients than Sunday’s report, continuing a trend of decreasing hospitalizations.
COVID-19 patients take up 8.5% of all inpatient beds in the latest report’s hospitals, compared to 8.7% in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 1,307 people were in intensive care unit beds, a decrease of 41. That represents about 20.6% of the state’s ICU hospital beds compared to 21.05% the previous day.
Monday’s Miami-Dade County report said there were 439 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Sunday, an increase of 14 from the previous day’s report. Of the 33 new COVID patients, 26 (78.79%) had not been vaccinated. Intensive care patients numbered 135, a decrease of one from the previous day.
Broward County’s Monday report said there were 448 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals, an increase of four from Sunday’s patient population.
This story was originally published October 4, 2021 at 2:15 PM with the headline "Florida COVID update for Monday: 608 deaths added, nearly half in the past two weeks."
