Florida COVID update: 2,455 cases added as hospitalizations drop again
Florida on Thursday reported 2,455 additional COVID-19 cases and two more deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,666,858 confirmed COVID cases and 60,420 deaths.
In the past seven days, the state has added, on average, 132 deaths and 1,550 cases per day, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
The CDC’s vaccination data for both states and counties was not updated Thursday because of Veteran’s Day. The information will update on Friday, the CDC said.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida
There were 1,527 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to a Thursday report by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which compiled data from 259 Florida hospitals. Hospitalized COVID patients decreased by 48 from Wednesday’s report, when 234 hospitals submitted data. Hospitalizations had increased on Monday and Tuesday for the first time in weeks.
COVID-19 patients take up 2.63% of all inpatient beds in the latest report’s hospitals, compared to 2.88% in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 329 people were in intensive care unit beds, a decrease of 40. That represents about 5.65% of the state’s ICU hospital beds, compared to 5.89% the previous day.
Thursday’s Miami-Dade County report did not include hospitalization information.
Broward County’s Thursday report was not updated.
Miami Herald staff writer Carli Teproff contributed to this report.
This story was originally published November 11, 2021 at 1:36 PM.
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