Miami-Dade hits 4,500 COVID-19 deaths

Florida’s Department of

Health on Thursday confirmed 13,720 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s known total to 1,531,720. Also, 217 new resident deaths were announced, bringing the state’s resident death toll from the novel coronavirus to 23,613.

No new non-resident deaths were announced, leaving the non-resident toll at 363. The Sunshine State has the fourth-highest death toll in the country, after New York, Texas, and California, according to The

New York Times.

According to Florida’s Thursday COVID-19 vaccine report, 774,468 people have been vaccinated in the state — with 72,087 people completing the two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Miami-Dade County reported

● 2,532 additional cases and 28 new deaths, according to Florida’s Department of Health. The county has now had 336,749 confirmed cases and 4,500 deaths. The positivity for new cases (people who tested positive for the first time) decreased from 9.22% to 8.96%. The 14-day positivity was at 10.10%, down from 10.16%, according to Miami-Dade’s

Moving to a New Normal Dashboard.

Broward County reported

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1,351 additional cases and two new deaths. The county’s known total is now at 155,066 cases and 1,945 deaths. The positivity for new cases decreased from 9.22% to 7.54%.

Palm Beach County saw

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878 additional cases and 26 new deaths. The county has 94,872 confirmed cases and 2,009 deaths. The positivity for new cases decreased from 9.66% to 6.26%

Monroe County confirmed ●

32 additional cases and one new death. The county has a known total of 4,819 cases and 37 deaths. The positivity for new cases decreased from 10.14% to 7.31%.

On Thursday, Florida’s Department of Health reported the results of 156,334 people tested on Wednesday. The positivity rate of new cases decreased from 10.14% to 8.61%.

As of 1 p.m. Thursday, there were 7,781 COVID-19 patients admitted into hospitals throughout the state, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration dashboard. This number is at August levels, when more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients were admitted into hospitals throughout the state.

Of Thursday’s hospitalizations, 643 were in Broward, 422 in

Palm Beach and four in Monroe, according to the agency.

Miami-Dade hospitalizations decreased from 1,180 to 1,163, according to the county’s New Normal dashboard. According to Thursday’s data, 164 people were discharged and 104 people were admitted.

The state has had a total of 67,036 Florida residents hospitalized for COVID-19-related complications, according to Florida’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard.