Florida COVID update: Seven-day case average highest in three months
Florida on Monday reported 18,404 COVID-19 new cases and 71 new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
The case and death numbers represent two days of data as the CDC doesn’t report cases and deaths on Sunday.
In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,766,552 confirmed COVID cases and 62,264 deaths.
In the past seven days, as the omicron version of the virus circulates, the state has added 27 deaths and 7,068 cases per day on average, according to Herald calculations of CDC data. That rolling seven-day case average is the highest it’s been since Sept. 27, when it was at 7,303.
About 82% of the deaths added occurred since Dec. 6 and 85% happened in the last 28 days.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida
Monday’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report showed 1,527 COVID-19 patients listed from 262 Florida hospitals, 16 more patients than in Sunday’s report from the same number of hospitals (but not necessarily the same hospitals).
In Monday’s report, COVID-19 patients occupied 2.65% of 57,654 inpatient beds in those hospitals, compared with 2.6% of 59,945 inpatient beds in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 293 people were in intensive care units, two more than the previous day’s report. That represents 4.76% of the ICU beds at the 262 hospitals reporting data, compared to 4.7% of those reporting Sunday.
This number is based on 262 hospitals reporting 293 ICU beds in use for COVID-19 patients and 6,155 total ICU beds.
Florida Covid Vaccine Rates
About 13,508,670 eligible Floridians — 62.9% of the state’s population — had completed the two-dose series of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or have received Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 3,834,188 — 28.4% of the fully vaccinated and about 17.8% of the population — have received a booster shot.
Vaccinations in South Florida and Manatee County
The CDC reported that South Florida’s counties have a “high” level of community transmission and Manatee County has a “substantial” level.
Here’s how many people have been fully vaccinated in South Florida and Manatee County according to the CDC.
▪ In Miami-Dade County, about 2,168,527 people, or 79.8% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated.
▪ In Broward County, about 1,311,302 people are fully vaccinated, or 67.2% of the county’s population.
▪ In Palm Beach County, about 941,672 people are fully vaccinated, or 62.9% of the county’s population.
▪ In Monroe County, about 55,040 people are fully vaccinated, or 74.1% of the county’s population.
▪ In Manatee County, about 236,291 people are fully vaccinated, or 58.6% of the county’s population.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida
Monday’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report showed 1,527 COVID-19 patients listed from 262 Florida hospitals, 16 more patients than in Sunday’s report from the same number of hospitals (but not necessarily the same hospitals).
In Monday’s report, COVID-19 patients occupied 2.65% of 57,654 inpatient beds in those hospitals, compared with 2.6% of 59,945 inpatient beds in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 293 people were in intensive care units, two more than the previous day’s report. That represents 4.76% of the ICU beds at the 262 hospitals reporting data, compared to 4.7% of those reporting Sunday.
This number is based on 262 hospitals reporting 293 ICU beds in use for COVID-19 patients and 6,155 total ICU beds.
Monday’s Miami-Dade County report said there were 279 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Thursday, an increase of 43 from the previous day. Of the 59 new COVID patients, 42 (71.19%) had not been vaccinated. Intensive care patients numbered 35, a rise of one from the previous day.
Broward County’s Monday report said there were 194 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals, a increase of 54 from the previous day’s report.
Miami Herald staff writer Carli Teproff contributed to this report.
This story was originally published December 20, 2021 at 2:11 PM.
