Florida COVID update: 1,064 more deaths, hospitalizations; ICU patients decrease

Florida on Monday reported 46,105 more COVID-19 cases and 1,064 additional deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

All but 51 of the newly reported deaths, about 95%, occurred after Aug. 9, according to the Herald analysis. About 64% of the newly reported died in the past two weeks, the analysis showed. The majority of deaths happened during Florida’s latest surge in COVID-19 cases, fueled by the delta variant.

In the past seven days, on average, the state has added 346 deaths and 17,570 cases each day, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.

Monday’s jump in the number of reported cases and deaths is due to the newest way deaths and cases are counted and the agency not reporting new numbers on Saturday or Sunday. The numbers include totals from the two weekend days and Friday.

This new way of reporting was implemented by the CDC in early August, causing occasional oneday aberrations like the 1,388 additional deaths on Thursday and 902 more deaths reported Aug. 31.

In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,354,836 confirmed COVID cases and 46,973 deaths.

HOSPITALIZATIONS IN FLORIDA

Around the state, 256 hospitals reported 13,773 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida on Sunday, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. That’s 155 fewer patients than the previous day’s report.

COVID-19 patients took up 23.95% of patient beds available in reporting hospitals.

Of those hospitalized, 3,183 people were in intensive care unit beds, a decrease of 31 from the previous day’s report.

That represents 48.51% of the ICU hospital beds in the 256 reporting hospitals.

Monday’s Miami-Dade County report said there were 1,176 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Sunday, an increase of 95 from the previous day’s report.

Of the 89 new COVID patients, 75 (84.3%) had not been vaccinated.