5,571 new infections, 83 more Florida residents dead
with 342 for the seven days before that.
Each report includes deaths from several previous days, as it can take two weeks or more for fatalities to be logged.
To date, 90,296 people have been hospitalized in Florida, according to the state’s report, which includes 238 newly reported hospitalizations since Tuesday’s update.
Across the state, 3,509 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of about 2 p.m. Wednesday, including 196 in Orange County, 93 in Osceola, 55 in Lake and 90 in Seminole.
Statewide, 8,228,278 people have received at least one vaccination shot including 5,314,185 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 Tuesday, based on the report released Wednesday.
Of those who have received at least the first dose, 3,612,971 are over the age of 65.
To date, 12,442,518 people have been tested in Florida, 25,889 more than Tuesday’s total.
Statewide, the latest positivity rate reported Wednesday for Tuesday’s test results by the Florida Department of Health was 6.26%, but that’s for new cases only and excludes anyone who previously tested positive.
Central Florida added 1,167 cases Wednesday for a total of 392,727: 361 more in Orange for 132,716; 204 more in Polk for 65,521; 133 in Osceola for 42,717; 152 in Volusia for 41,652; 119 in Brevard for 39,745; 101 in Seminole for 32,698; 77 in Lake for 28,542; and 20 in Sumter for 9,136.
There were 17 new deaths across all eight
Central Florida counties, bringing the region’s toll to 6,020, although Lake County’s total was one less than what was reported Tuesday.
Polk County has the most coronavirus fatalities in the region with 1,296, followed by 1,231 in Orange, 847 in Brevard, 773 in Volusia, 622 in Lake, 496 in Osceola, 482 in Seminole and 273 in Sumter.
The virus has infected over 143 million people and has killed over 3 million worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center. Nationwide, over 31 million people have been infected and over 568,000 have died.