MIAMI — Florida's Department of Health on Tuesday reported 6,297 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 after two Presidents' Day Weekend case totals that were the lowest in months.
Also reported were 225 deaths, 220 of which were Florida residents.
For the novel coronavirus pandemic, Florida has had 1,837,285 total cases, 29,154 resident deaths and 29,659 total deaths.
As for the positive test rates, Monday's was 6.61% and the seven-day average positive test rate fell to 6.50% from 7.13% for the previous seven days.
COVID vaccines in Florida and South Florida:
—Florida: The state's vaccination report says another 16,941 people have received the first COVID vaccine dose and 16,332 received their second dose, meaning 1,294,674 people are halfway through the vaccine and 1,135,963 are fully vaccinated.
—Miami-Dade County: The state reported 1,303 people completed their vaccinations, meaning 133,421 in Miami-Dade have received both vaccination shots.
—Broward: Another 1,366 people completed their vaccinations, putting Broward's completed vaccine total at 114,073.
—Palm Beach: After 586 people completed their vaccine treatment, 102,805 in Palm Beach County have received both shots.
—Monroe: Fifty-eight people completed their vaccine shot treatment. Overall, 4,995 have done so.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Florida:
—Miami-Dade County reported 1,336 more people who tested positive and 22 more COVID-19 deaths, putting its pandemic totals at 395,828 cases and 5,207 deaths.
The positive test rate Monday was 6.52%. For the week, the state's county-by-county breakdown says the average daily positive test rate fell from 7.23% for Feb. 2 through Feb. 8 to 6.40% for Feb. 9 through Monday.
—Broward County reported another 753 cases and nine deaths, moving its totals to 186,063 cases and 2,275 deaths.
Broward's average daily positive test rate was 6.78% the last seven days. For the seven days previous to that, it was 7.36%. The positive test rate was 6.66% on Monday.
—Palm Beach County reported 345 new cases (115,145 for the pandemic) and six deaths (2,355).
And, the average daily positive test rate sat at 6.97% for the last seven days, down from 7.20% for the previous seven days. Monday's positive rate was 5.51%.
—Monroe County reported seven new cases and two deaths. Pandemic totals in the Keys are 5,600 cases and 44 deaths.
Government officials use current hospitalizations to decide the next action in dealing with the pandemic. On the state level, this has been steadily falling over the last month.
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration reports the number of patients hospitalized statewide with a "primary diagnosis of COVID." The data, which is updated at least every hour, does not distinguish between the number of COVID-19 patients in hospital intensive care units and those in acute-care beds, which require less attention from nurses.
As of 12:46 p.m. EST Tuesday, the ACHA said there were 4,647 people currently hospitalized, a 29-person drop from 12:17 Monday. For the third consecutive day, South Florida's counties generally saw little change: Miami-Dade up six to 738; Broward, down three to 611; Palm Beach, up 14 to 352; and Monroe, down one to five.
