Miami Herald

Over 7 million fully vaccinated statewide; 660 new cases in Dade

- BY DAVID J. NEAL dneal@miamiheral­d.com

Sunday’s Florida Department of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard report showed 3,231 new cases and 33 total deaths, but only 660 cases in Miami-Dade and 339 in Broward. Those are the lowest numbers for South Florida’s two largest counties since April 12.

For the coronaviru­s pandemic, Florida reports 2,269,806 cases, 35,731 resident deaths and 36,445 total deaths.

Saturday’s state-wide positive test rate was reported as 5.32% after three consecutiv­e days under 5.0%.

Florida: The state’s

vaccinatio­n report says another 23,219 people have received either the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine or their second COVID vaccine dose of the two-shot vaccines, meaning 7,021,068 people are fully vaccinated.

Miami-Dade County:

The state reported 7,444 people completed their vaccinatio­ns, meaning 949,680 in Miami-Dade are fully vaccinated. The county reported 660 more people who tested positive and six more COVID-19 deaths, putting its pandemic totals at 490,099 cases and 6,983 deaths. The positive test rate on Saturday was 4.57%, according to the county-by-county breakdown, the fifth consecutiv­e day under 5% and the second lowest day of the last two weeks.

Broward: Another

2,035 people completed their vaccinatio­ns, putting Broward’s completed vaccine total at 644,000. The county reported another 339 cases and four deaths, moving its totals to 239,941 cases and 2,964 deaths.

The positive test rate was 4.29% on Saturday, the fifth consecutiv­e day under 5%.Monroe:

Another 20

people completed their vaccine shot treatment. Overall, 25,152 have done so. The county reported 11 new cases and zero deaths. Pandemic totals in the Keys are 6,983 cases and 49 deaths.

Hospitaliz­ations: As

of 2:46 p.m Sunday, the agency said there were 2,688 people hospitaliz­ed, a 21-person edge down from 2:31 p.m. Saturday. In

South Florida, compared to Saturday, Miami-Dade was up 21 people to 434; Broward, down 31 to 369; and Monroe stayed at zero.

Sunday, Miami-Dade’s New Normal Dashboard said hospitals reported 485 COVID-19 patients, three less than Saturday’s report, but 48 fewer than a week before. The number of patients in Intensive Care Unit beds was 131 at Sunday’s report, five more than Saturday’s report, but the same as what was reported seven days previous.

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