MIAMI — Florida on Friday reported 5,829 more COVID-19 cases and two deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,576,581 confirmed COVID cases and 55,011 deaths since the pandemic began.
In the past seven days, on average, the state has added 271 deaths and 5,338 cases per day, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
There were 5,414 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Friday report. This data is reported from 260 Florida hospitals. That is 844 fewer patients than yesterday’s report, but from two more hospitals than the 258 that reported Thursday. This continues a trend of decreasing hospitalizations.
COVID-19 patients take up 9.31% of all inpatient beds in the latest report’s hospitals, compared to 10.02% in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 1,512 people were in intensive care unit beds, a decrease of 97. That represents about 21.98% of the state’s ICU hospital beds compared to 23.38% the previous day.
