Florida COVID update: 900 more people in hospital, latest 7-day case average

Michelle Marchante
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Florida on Wednesday reported 43,179 cases and three new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

In the past seven days, the state has added 91 deaths and 45,456 cases per day, on average, according to Herald calculations of CDC data. In all, Florida has recorded at least 5,196,718 confirmed COVID cases and 63,458 deaths.

FLORIDA COVID VACCINE RATES

About 13,715,557 eligible Floridians — 64.6% of the state’s population — have completed the two-dose series of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or have completed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine, according to the CDC.

VACCINATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, MANATEE COUNTY

Here’s how many people have been fully vaccinated in South Florida and Manatee County, according to the CDC:

▪ In Miami-Dade County, about 2,216,671 people, or 81.6% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated.

▪ In Broward County, about 1,341,416 people are fully vaccinated, or 68.7% of the county’s population.

▪ In Palm Beach County, about 959,331 people are fully vaccinated, or 64.1% of the county’s population.

▪ In Monroe County, about 55,999 people are fully vaccinated, or 75.4% of the county’s population.

▪ In Manatee County, about 240,558 people are fully vaccinated, or 59.7% of the county’s population.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida

There were 11,839 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Wednesday report. This data is reported from 231 Florida hospitals. The number of people hospitalized across the state is 946 more than the day prior, when 224 hospitals reported.

COVID-19 patients take up 21.29% of all inpatient beds in the latest report, compared to 20.81% among Tuesday’s reporting hospitals.

Omicron, so far, is not as deadly as delta’s surge last summer. Hospitalizations have not approached 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, 1,615 were in intensive care units, an increase of 154 from Tuesday. That represents about 25.09% of the state’s ICU beds, compared to 24.28% the previous day.

Wednesday’s Miami-Dade County report said there were 1,550 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Tuesday, a decrease of 187 from the previous day. Of the 209 new COVID patients, 135 (64.59%) had not been vaccinated. Intensive care patients numbered 259, decreased by 25 from a day earlier.

Broward County’s Wednesday report said there were 1,216 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals, a decrease of 26 patients compared to the day before.

Miami Herald staff writer Carli Teproff contributed to this report.