Florida reports 11,015 coronavirus infections, 115 deaths on Monday

The day the next president, Joe Byden, received his first live coronavirus vaccination (an act aimed at encouraging and reassuring Americans that the vaccine is safe), the Florida Department of Health reported in the last 24 hours. Reported an additional 115 coronavirus-related deaths.

These deaths bring Florida’s overall death toll to 20,976. A report on Monday added 11,015 known infections to state-wide caseloads, now at 1,212,581.

Only two states, Texas and California, have over one million coronavirus infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. The three states are also the most populous.

Coronavirus infections and deaths continue to increase nationwide towards Christmas Week, according to the CDC.

By Monday afternoon, the United States had counted 17,947,644 infections and at least 318,602 deaths from the virus. According to the CDC, hospitals have reached capacity with more than 18,000 Americans dying from the coronavirus last week and an average of more than 219,000 new COVID-19 infections per day in the United States.

Despite the surge in vacation trips and new public health warnings, the Transportation Security Administration reported on Sunday that more than one million travelers had passed the airport security checkpoint for the third consecutive day.

Globally, the coronavirus has infected about 77.2 million people and killed at least 1.7 million people. Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University. London and parts of southeastern England will return to strict blockades on Saturday and are expected to continue into the New Year. That’s after scientists have confirmed that new strains of the virus have proven to spread faster in the United Kingdom. By Monday afternoon, more than 30 countries had banned round-trip travel to the United Kingdom.

vaccination: The Florida hospital began the first dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine last week, inoculating 43,716 people by Monday afternoon. New state reports — And 1,873 people in the last 24 hours.

This is an increase from the 32,707 vaccinations released to the public on Saturday in the state’s first report on vaccination efforts.

It was unclear whether the report would distinguish between Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The latter will be approved for emergency use on Sunday and will be admitted to the state hospital by Monday.

Overall, Miami-Dade led all counties in Florida, with 10,221 vaccinated and Broward followed by 7,831. Orange county vaccination was the third highest in 5,546 people.

Hillsborough County leads the Tampa Bay region and has received a total of 4,630 vaccinations. This was also the fourth highest vaccination in the state. Pinellas was 3054, Pasco was 547, Pork was 396, Manatee was 67, Hernando was 38, and Citrus was 15.

However, none have received the second required shot. It should occur about 21 days after the first dose. A person who receives the first dose is not considered “fully vaccinated” until the second dose.

Millions of health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities are first vaccinated. Next will be an essential workerIncludes firefighters, paramedics, and police officers.

Hospitalization: By Monday afternoon Reported by the Medical Administration 5,508 people across Florida were hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.

The Tampa Bay hospital reported 1,061 to 1,122 coronavirus cases yesterday.

According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 60,152 Florida residents have been hospitalized at the time of their illness since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Throughout the state, approximately 23% of regular hospital beds and 20.5% of adult intensive care unit beds were available to new patients on Monday. In the Tampa Bay area, about 21% of regular hospital beds and 20% of adult ICU beds were empty.

The number of coronavirus infections, deaths and hospitalizations has steadily increased in Florida since October. This was after about 2,000 hospitalizations a day stagnated for a week this fall.

Positive: According to Johns Hopkins University, Florida’s average weekly positive rate was about 8% this month and 9.72% on Monday.

The university recently changed its standards to more closely match those of the Florida Department of Health. Still, Florida is one of 49 states that exceeds the World Health Organization’s recommended positive rate of less than 5%. According to Johns Hopkins, only Vermont, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia are below that threshold.

A high positive rate may indicate that there are not enough tests in a particular area to capture mild and asymptomatic cases. As the number of tests increases, the positive rate usually decreases.

According to state calculations, the average weekly positive rate for new cases in Florida was 8.45% on Monday, up from 7.91% on Sunday and 8.35% on Saturday, and ranged from 7.98% to 9.75% in the last two weeks.

These results were obtained from 145,728 coronavirus tests processed by the state in the last 24 hours.

City number: The Tampa Bay area reported 2,249 cases of coronavirus and 24 deaths on Monday.

Hernando was the only county in the area with no new deaths to report. Hillsborough County reported eight deaths on Monday, Pasco reported five, Citrus and Pork each reported four, Pineras reported two, and Manatee reported one.

Citrus County leads the region with an average weekly positive rate of 10.7%, followed by Pork at 10.5%, Pasco at 9.9%, Hillsboro at 9.5%, Hernando at 9.2%, Manatee at 8% and Pinellas at 7.3%. ..

As of Monday, Hillsborough County had 70,849 coronavirus cases and 1,041 deaths, Pineras had 40,987 cases and 1,006 deaths, Pork had 33,741 cases and 755 deaths, and Manatee had 20,355 cases. And 410 deaths, Pasco reports 19,787 cases and 410 deaths, and Hernando reports 6,615 deaths. The number of cases is 255, the number of deaths is 255, the number of cases of Citrus is 6,050, and the number of deaths is 225.

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