Florida reports 9,068 new COVID-19 cases, 64 new deaths
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,120 with the addition of 64 reported fatalities on Tuesday while also adding 9,068 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to 2,134,914.
Key takeaways from the latest White House report:
Florida ranked 10th among states for the most new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for April 5 to 11.
After the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area, the Orlando metro ranked second-highest in the state for new cases per 100,000 people. Miami recorded 289 new cases per 100,000, while Orlando had 216. Among counties within Orlando metro, Osceola County led with 272 new cases per 100,000 people followed by Orange County with 226.
COVID-19 deaths in Florida have continued to decline. Deaths were down 30% compared to the sevenday period before April 5 to 11.
Florida is also ranked 10th among states for new hospital admissions of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for April 4 to 10. Six of out 10 new hospital admissions were confirmed coronavirus cases. Michigan, which is ranked first, had 19 out of 100.
About 11% of staffed adult of ICU beds in Florida are confirmed COVID-19 patients. Comparatively, in Michigan, it’s 26%. Out of 3,337 hospital patients statewide with confirmed COVID19 cases, 28% were ages 70 and over, 37% were ages 50 to 69, 24% were ages 30-49, and 8% were under the age of 30. About 2% had unknown ages.
Last Tuesday, 3,011 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. Across the state today around 1 p.m., 3,219 people were hospitalized, including 165 in Orange County, 85 in Osceola, 52 in Lake and 61 in Seminole. The state’s online tool updates several times throughout the day.
To date, 88,796 people have been hospitalized in Florida, according to the state’s report, which includes 274 newly reported hospitalizations since Monday’s update.
Statewide, 7,449,475 people have received at least one vaccination shot including 4,565,915 who have completed their shot regimen, whether it’s the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna option or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The count is a snapshot through Monday, based on the report released Tuesday.
Of those who have received at least the first dose, 3,523,655 are over the age of 65.
According to the White House, 65% of seniors ages 65 and over are fully vaccinated in both Orange and Osceola counties. In Seminole County, it’s 61%. Lake is 71%. Sumter County is 78%.
To date, 12,229,277 people have been tested in Florida, 35,091 more than Monday’s total.
Statewide, the latest positivity rate reported Tuesday for Monday’s test results by the Florida Department of Health was 8.00%, but that’s for new cases only and excludes anyone who previously tested positive. For all tests, including re-tests, the positivity rate was 10.44%.
Central Florida added 1,967 cases on Tuesday for a total of 381,804: That includes 666 more in Orange for 129,366; 314 more in Polk for 63,633; 247 in Osceola for 41,438; 215 in Volusia for 40,309; 165 in Brevard for 38,712; 213 in Seminole for 31,555; 117 in Lake for 27,771; and 30 in Sumter for 9,020.
There were 17 new deaths across all eight Central Florida counties bringing the region’s toll to 5,917. Polk County has the most coronavirus fatalities in the region with 1,275, followed by 1,214 in Orange, 836 in Brevard, 749 in Volusia, 615 in Lake, 489 in Osceola, 473 in Seminole and 266 in Sumter.
The virus has infected more than 136 million people and has killed more than 2.9 million worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center. Nationwide, over 31 million people have been infected and over 562,000 are dead.