"Florida on Monday reported
46,105 more COVID-19 cases and
1,064 additional deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
All but 51 of the newly reported deaths, about 95%, occurred after Aug. 9, according to the Herald analysis. About 64% 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 346 deaths and 17,570 cases each day, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
Around the state, 256 hospitals reported
13,773 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida on Sunday, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. That’s
155 fewer patients than the previous day’s report.
COVID-19 patients took up 23.95% of patient beds available in reporting hospitals.
Of those hospitalized, 3,183 people were in intensive care unit beds, a
decrease of 31 from the previous day’s report. That represents 48.51% of the ICU hospital beds in the 256 reporting hospitals."