"Florida on Thursday reported
1,213 more deaths and
4,215 additional COVID-19 cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
All but 131 of the newly reported deaths — about 89% — occurred since Aug. 26, according to the Herald analysis. About 56% of the newly reported died in the past two weeks, the analysis showed. The majority of deaths happened during Florida’s latest surge in COVID-19 cases, fueled by the delta variant."
"In the past seven days, on average, the state has added 328 deaths and 8,227 cases to the daily cumulative total, according to Herald calculations of CDC data."
"There were
7,928 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Thursday report. This data is reported from 260 Florida hospitals. That is
259 fewer patients than Wednesday’s report, but also from 24 more reporting hospitals than the previous 236.
COVID-19 patients occupy 13.57% of all inpatient beds in the latest report’s hospitals, compared with 14.99% in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 2,041 people were in intensive care unit beds, a
decrease of 87. That represents about 31.24% of the state’s ICU hospital beds compared with 32.84% the previous day."