MIAMI — Florida on Monday reported 44,010 COVID-19 cases and 426 new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.
The CDC backlogs cases and deaths for Florida on Mondays and Thursdays, when multiple days in the past had their totals changed. In August, Florida began reporting cases and deaths by the “case date” and “death date” rather than the date they were logged into the system.
Of the deaths added, about 98% occurred in the past 28 days and about 69% in the last two weeks, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.
In the past seven days, the state has added 130 deaths, the highest seven-day death average since Nov. 11, according to Herald calculations of CDC data. In the past seven days, the state has added 43,701 cases per day, on average. In all, Florida has recorded at least 5,347,828 confirmed COVID cases and 64,002 deaths.
There were 10,794 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Monday report. This data is reported from 247 Florida hospitals. The number of people hospitalized across the state is 158 more than the day prior, when 250 hospitals reported.
COVID-19 patients take up 19.18% of all inpatient beds in the latest report, compared to 18.99% among Monday’s reporting hospitals.
Omicron, so far, is not as deadly as delta’s surge last summer. Hospitalizations have not approached records set during delta’s wave from July through September.
At delta’s August peak, more than 15,000 patients were hospitalized in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 1,566 were in intensive-care units, an increase of 85 from Monday. That represents about 25.5% of the state’s ICU beds, compared to 24.91% the previous day.
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