Florida COVID update: New weekly county death tolls, and 1,214 more hospital patients
Florida reported 51,644 COVID-19 cases and no new deaths Monday, according to Tuesday’s report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
The Florida Department of Health will most likely add deaths to Monday’s total. The state has done this in the past when it has added cases and deaths to previous days during the pandemic.
In the last week, South Florida counties have seen small increases to their death tolls, according to the CDC’s Monday Community Profile Report.
In all, Florida has recorded at least 4,360,178 confirmed COVID cases and 62,541 deaths.
In the past seven days, as the omicron variant circulates, the state has added 22 deaths and 56,421 cases per day on average, according to Herald calculations of CDC data. That rolling seven-day case average is the highest it has ever been.
The CDC rates the community transmission for each South Florida county as “substantial.”
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 tolls and rates about once every seven days, when or after the COVID-19 weekly situation report is published by the Florida Department of Health on Fridays.
As of Monday’s Community Profile Report, Florida had a rate of 291 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic. Two weeks ago, the state had a rate of 290 deaths per 100,000 people.
Here’s where death rates and tolls stand in South Florida and Manatee County, according to the CDC.
▪ Miami-Dade County’s death toll is 9,278, an increase of 18 deaths from Thursday’s report. That’s a rate of 341 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
▪ Broward County’s death toll sits at 4,992, an increase of 14 deaths. That’s a rate of 256 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
▪ Palm Beach County’s death toll sits at 4,329, an increase of seven deaths. That’s a rate of 289 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
▪ Monroe County’s death toll remains at 100, an increase of one death. The county would be at a death rate of 135 deaths per 100,000 people if its population were that large.
▪ Manatee County’s death toll sits at 1,229, an increase of two. Manatee has a rate of 305 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.
FLORIDA COVID VACCINE RATES
About 13,648,680 eligible Floridians — 63.5% of the state’s 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.
VACCINATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND MANATEE COUNTY
Here’s how many people have been fully vaccinated in South Florida and Manatee County, according to the CDC.
▪ In Miami-Dade County, about 2,185,698 people, or 80.4% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated.
▪ In Broward County, about 1,321,817 people are fully vaccinated, or 67.7% of the county’s population.
▪ In Palm Beach County, about 948,218 people are fully vaccinated, or 63.4% of the county’s population.
▪ In Monroe County, about 55,375 people are fully vaccinated, or 74.6% of the county’s population.
▪ In Manatee County, about 237,870 people are fully vaccinated, or 59% of the county’s population.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida
There were 6,914 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Tuesday report. This data is reported from 230 Florida hospitals. The number of people hospitalized across the state is 1,214 more than the day prior, when 259 hospitals reported.
COVID-19 patients take up 12.72% of all inpatient beds in the latest report, compared to 10.08% among Monday’s reporting hospitals.
Omicron, so far, is not as deadly as delta’s surge last summer. Hospitalizations are approaching records set during delta’s wave from July through September.
At delta’s August peak, more than 15,000 people were hospitalized in Florida, with over 25% of all inpatient beds being filled by COVID patients, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 778 were in intensive-care units, an increase of 164 from Monday. That represents about 12.50% of the state’s ICU beds, compared to 10% the previous day.
Tuesday’s Miami-Dade County report said there were 1,733 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Monday, an increase of 65 from the previous day. Of the 398 new COVID patients, 289 (72.61%) had not been vaccinated. Intensive care patients numbered 189, an increase of nine from a day earlier.
Broward County’s Tuesday report said there were 1,159 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals, an increase of 145 patients compared to the day before.
This story was originally published January 4, 2022 at 1:44 PM with the headline "Florida COVID update: New weekly county death tolls, and 1,214 more hospital patients."
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