While Tuesday’s new case count reported by health department seems high, Monday’s cases had been lower than usual. The White House report shows cases are rising in the state, ranking Florida 10th in the nation for cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days.
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,120 with the addition of 64 reported fatalities on Tuesday while also adding 9,068 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to 2,134,914. Key takeaways from the latest White House report: • Florida ranked 10th among states for the most new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for April 5 to 11. • After the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area, the Orlando metro ranked second-highest in the state for new cases per 100,000 people. Miami recorded 289 new cases per 100,000, while Orlando had 216. • Among counties within Orlando metro, Osceola County led with 272 new cases per 100,000 people followed by Orange County with 226. • COVID-19 deaths in Florida have continued to decline. Deaths were down 30% compared to the seven-day period before April 5 to 11. • Florida is also ranked 10th among states for new hospital admissions of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for April 4 to 10. Six of out 10 new hospital admissions were confirmed coronavirus cases. Michigan, which is ranked first, had 19 out of 100. • About 11% of staffed adult of ICU beds in Florida are confirmed COVID-19 patients. Comparatively, in Michigan, it’s 26%. • Out of 3,337 hospital patients statewide with confirmed COVID-19 cases,28% were ages 70 and over,37% were ages 50 to 69,24% were ages 30-49, and 8% were under the age of 30. About 2% had unknown ages. Last Tuesday,3,011 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. Across the state today around 1 p.m.,3,219 people were hospitalized, including 165 in Orange County,85 in Osceola,52 in Lake and 61 in Seminole. The state’s online tool updates several times throughout the day. To date,88,796 people have been hospitalized in Florida, according to the state’s report, which includes 274 newly reported hospitalizations since Monday’s update. Statewide,7,291,420 people have received at least one vaccination shot including 4,447,965 who have completed their shot regimen, whether it’s the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna option or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The count is a snapshot through Sunday, based on the report released Monday.
