Florida COVID update: 1,992 cases, 147 deaths, fewer people in the hospital again
Florida on Monday reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1,992 COVID-19 cases and 147 deaths, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,671,481 confirmed COVID cases and 60,845 deaths.
Of the deaths added Monday, about 75% occurred over the past 28 days and about 38% in the last two weeks, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
In the past seven days, the state has added 61 deaths and 1,471 cases per day, on average, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida
About 13,009,599 eligible people 12 and older in Florida — 60.6% of the state’s total population — have 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.
As of Monday, the CDC’s vaccination tracker does not yet include kids ages 5 to 11, a group that was recently authorized to receive kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC says this will be added in the coming days.
Vaccinations in South Florida and Manatee County
Here’s how many people 12 and older have been fully vaccinated in South Florida and Manatee County, according to the CDC. This data tracker does not yet include kids ages 5 to 11. The CDC says this will be added in the coming days.
▪ In Miami-Dade County, about 2,090,520 people, or 76.9% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated.
▪ In Broward County, about 1,258,228 people are fully vaccinated, or 64.4% of the county’s total population.
▪ In Palm Beach County, about 911,361 people are fully vaccinated, or 60.9% of the county’s population.
▪ In Monroe County, about 52,757 people are fully vaccinated, or 71.1% of the county’s population.
▪ In Manatee County, about 228,635 people are fully vaccinated, or 56.7% of the county’s population.
As of Sunday, the CDC’s vaccination tracker does not yet include kids ages 5 to 11, a group that was recently authorized to receive kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC says this will be added in the coming days.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida
There were 1,374 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Monday report. This data is reported from 256 Florida hospitals. That is 65 fewer people than in Sunday’s report, continuing a trend of decreasing hospitalizations.
COVID-19 patients take up 2.43% of all inpatient beds in the latest report’s hospitals, compared to 2.55% in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 290 were in intensive care unit beds, a decrease of 11. That represents about 5.19% of the state’s ICU hospital beds compared to 5.39% the previous day. This number is based on 262 hospitals reporting compared to 264 hospitals.
Monday’s Miami-Dade County report did not include hospitalization information.
Broward County’s Monday report said there were 127 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals, a decrease of 21 from the previous day’s report.
Miami Herald staff writer Carli Teproff contributed to this report.
This story was originally published November 15, 2021 at 2:20 PM.
