1,059 deaths in Florida, with most occurring in the past 28 days

Florida on Monday reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9,022 more COVID-19 cases and 1,059 deaths, according to Miami Herald calculations of

CDC data. In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,503,976 confirmed COVID cases and 51,884 deaths. Most of the deaths added Monday, about

91%, occurred over the past 28 days, according to Herald calculations of

CDC data. Half of those people, about 51%, died in the past two weeks.

In the past seven days, the state has added an average of 376 deaths each day, the highest ever reported, according to Herald calculations of CDC data. In the past seven days, on average, the state has added 8,841 cases to the daily cumulative total, the lowest seen since midJuly, according to Herald calculations.

Death toll: The CDC’s Community Profile Report now shows county-level death data for Florida’s 67 counties. Here’s where death rates and tolls stand in South Florida, according to the CDC. As of Friday’s Profile report, the most recent, Florida had a death rate of 237 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic.

Miami-Dade’s death toll sits at 7,934, an increase of 204 deaths from the CDC’s last report. That’s a rate of 292 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the beginning of the pandemic.

Broward’s death toll sits at 4,261, an increase of 171 deaths from the CDC’s last report. That’s a rate of 218 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic.

Monroe’s death toll sits at 73, an increase of five deaths from the

CDC’s last report. The county would be at a death rate of 98 deaths per 100,000 people if its population were that large.

About 12,059,260 eligible Floridians — 56.1% of the state’s population — had completed the twodose series of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or have completed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine, says the CDC.

Vaccinations: The CDC reported that every county’s level of community transmission was high. Here’s how many people have been fully vaccinated in South Florida, according to the CDC.

In Miami-Dade, about 1,925,637 people, or 70.9% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated.

In Broward, about 1,166,645 people are fully vaccinated, or 59.7% of the county’s population.

In Monroe, about 49,217 people are fully vaccinated, or 66.3% of the county’s population.

Hospitalizations: There were 9,187 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Monday report. This data is reported from 255 Florida hospitals. That is 211 more patients more than Sunday’s report.

COVID-19 patients take up 16.4% of all inpatient beds in the latest report’s hospitals, compared to 15.90% in the previous day’s reporting hospitals. Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 2,359 people were in intensive care unit beds, an increase of 75. That represents about 38% of the state’s ICU hospital beds compared to 36.28% the previous day.

Monday’s Miami-Dade County report said there were 726 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Sunday, an increase of 36 from the previous day’s report. Of the 57 new COVID patients, 48 (84%) had not been vaccinated.

Broward County’s Monday report said there were 719 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals, a decrease of 36 from Sunday’s patient population.