Sunday Florida COVID-19 update: Hospitalizations down by another 171 people
Continuing a trend that began over a week ago, the number of Florida hospital patients with COVID-19 fell by 171, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Sunday report.
There were 9,440 hospital patients who tested positive with COVID-19 in Florida in data reported to HHS from 261 hospitals. That’s that same number of hospitals in Saturday’s report.
Patients with COVID-19 take up 16.22% of all inpatient beds in the latest report, compared to 16.47% among Saturday’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 1,445 were in intensive-care units, a decrease of four from Saturday. That represents about 22.70% of the state’s ICU beds, compared to 22.75% the previous day.
Sunday’s Miami-Dade dashboard report said there were 826 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Saturday, a decrease of 116 from the previous day. Of the 96 new COVID patients, 63 (65.63%) had not been vaccinated. Intensive care patients numbered 176, down 32 from a day earlier.
Florida COVID vaccine rates
About 13,971,855 of eligible Floridians — 65.1% 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.
Of that fully-vaccinated group, 5,169,202 have received a vaccine booster.
Vaccinations in South Florida and Manatee County
▪ In Miami-Dade County, about 2,236,694 people, or 82.3% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated. Of that number, 667,951 have received a vaccine booster.
▪ In Broward County, about 1,353,754 people are fully vaccinated, or 69.3% of the county’s population. Of that number, 482,676 have received a vaccine booster.
▪ In Palm Beach County, about 966,384 people are fully vaccinated, or 64.6% of the county’s population. Of that number, 382,854 have received a vaccine booster.
▪ In Monroe County, about 56,660 people are fully vaccinated, or 76.3% of the county’s population. Of that number, 19,759 have received a vaccine booster.
▪ In Manatee County, about 242,863 people are fully vaccinated, or 60.2% of the county’s population. Of that number, 99,995 have received a vaccine booster.
