Florida COVID update: 59,061 cases added to toll, small decline in new hospital patients

Devoun Cetoute
·1 min read

Florida reported 59,061 COVID-19 cases and three new deaths Thursday, according to Friday’s report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

In the past seven days, the state has added 66 deaths and 61,345 cases per day on average, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.

In all, Florida has recorded at least 4,992,579 confirmed COVID cases and 63,084 deaths.

COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Florida

There were 11,552 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Friday report. This data is reported from 259 Florida hospitals. The number of people hospitalized across the state is 38 less than the day prior, when 256 hospitals reported.

COVID-19 patients take up 19.81% of all inpatient beds in the latest report, compared to 19.98% among Thursday’s reporting hospitals.

Omicron, so far, is not as deadly as delta’s surge last summer. Hospitalizations are approaching records set during delta’s wave from July through September.

At delta’s August peak, more than 15,000 patients were hospitalized in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 1,443 were in intensive-care units, a decrease of 32 from Thursday. That represents about 22.55% of the state’s ICU beds, compared to 23.10% the previous day.

You’re searching for a rapid COVID test? Here’s where to find one in South Florida