Florida COVID weekly update: Cases, hospitalizations and Miami risk level on the rise
In the past seven days, the state has added 4,280 cases and 20 deaths per day, on average, according to Miami Herald calculations of data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the past three weeks, on average, 97 more cases were logged daily in Florida.
As of Tuesday, more than 14,390,000 people are fully vaccinated in Florida. The state has logged at least 5,941,724 cases and 74,010 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020.
The number of cases is likely an undercount due to positive results from athome COVID testing. The state also only tracks resident cases and deaths.
Miami-Dade is the only county in the state to move up to a medium COVID risk level, says the CDC. The rest of the state remains at a low risk level. With a 12.99% positivity rate, seeing 225 cases per 100,000 people, Miami-Dade’s risk level was upgraded according to CDC benchmarks.
Under the medium risk level, the CDC is no longer recommending masks indoors. It’s still recommending that people considered to be high risk for severe illness speak with their health provider on whether they should wear a mask.
April 22-28, Florida has seen 26,482 new cases, according to Miami Herald calculations of the CDC’s Community Profile Report published Tuesday. New cases were 27% more than those added the previous week. This is the highest increase in new weekly cases the state has seen in over a month.
According to the report:
Miami-Dade reported 7,584 new resident cases in the week ending April 28. Dade’s resident case total is 1,207,308. Cases added were 24% more than those added in the prior week.
April 20-26, 74,819 tests were administered, the CDC reported. This may be an undercount due to delayed reporting. Testing increased by 2.18% from the previous week.
Broward reported 3,348 new resident cases. The county’s resident case total is 613,271. Cases added were 22% more than those added the previous week.
April 20-26, 31,942 tests were administered, the CDC reported. Testing increased by 0.73% from the previous week.
Monroe reported 114 new resident cases. The county’s resident case total is 18,714. Cases added were 25% more than those added the previous week.
April 20-26, 831 tests were administered, the
CDC reported. Testing increased by 14.46% from the previous week.
Florida has added 128 deaths in the past week, according to Herald calculations of the CDC’s Tuesday Community Profile Report. It is unclear when these newly reported deaths occurred. The CDC report updates Florida’s county tolls and rates about once every seven days. As of Tuesday’s report, Florida had a rate of 345 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since March 2020. According to the CDC:
Miami-Dade’s death toll is 10,917, an increase of 22 deaths from Friday’s report. That’s a rate of 402 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since March 2020.
Broward’s death toll is
5,841, an increase of nine. That’s a rate of 299 cumulative deaths per 100,000.
Monroe’s death toll is 119, no new deaths were reported. The county would be at a death rate of 160 deaths per 100,000 if its population were that large.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID has continued to increase. There were 1,268 people hospitalized in Florida, with 108 in the ICU, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services report on Tuesday.
Over the past three weeks, on average, nine more people were hospitalized each day in Florida, showing an increase in hospital trends. However, the number of ICU patients trends downward. (Dade no
longer reports COVID hospitalizations data in its
Daily Dashboard.)
About 14,390,827 Floridians, 67% of the population, are fully vaccinated.
Miami-Dade: About 771,167 people, 33.3% of the fully vaccinated population, have received a booster.
Broward: About 547,452 people, 39.2% of the fully vaccinated population, have received a booster.
Monroe: About 22,209 people, 38.1% of the fully vaccinated population, have received a booster.