ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,056 with the addition of 35 more reported fatalities on Monday while also adding 1,613 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to 2,125,846.
It’s only the second time in 2021 the state has reported less than 2,000 daily infections, but several testing and vaccine sites were forced to shut down on Sunday because of the series of storms that swept through the state. The last time the state had less daily infections reported was on Oct. 12 when it logged 1,533.
Infections had been rising slightly week to week since mid-March, although they remain mostly among younger populations. Even with Monday’s low infection total, though, the running seven-day average remains higher at 5,791 cases per day than the previous week’s daily average of 5,418.
But infections remain much lower than the near 20,000 positive cases daily seen in early January. The state has not reported more than 10,000 cases since Feb. 5.
With a population of about 21.5 million, nearly one in 10 people in the state have now been infected. That number is closer to one in 11 nationally and one in 57 worldwide.
Reported resident deaths meanwhile continue to decline. The running seven-day average for resident deaths is 49 per day, compared to 66 per day for the week previous.
With 664 non-Florida resident deaths, the state’s combined total stands at 34,720. Each report includes deaths from several previous days, as it can take weeks and sometimes several months for reports to appear.
Florida has seen about one in 631 of its residents die from the virus, while nationally it’s closer to one in 584 people, and worldwide it’s at about one in 2,654 of the planet’s 7.8 billion population.
Across the state, 3,186 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of 2 p.m. Monday. To date, 88,522 people have been hospitalized in Florida, according to the state’s report, which includes 56 newly reported hospitalizations since Sunday’s update.
Statewide, 7,291,420 people have received at least one vaccination shot including 4,447,965 who have completed their shot regimen, whether it’s the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna option or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The count is a snapshot through Sunday, based on the report released Monday.
Of those who have received at least the first dose, 3,504,184 are over the age of 65.
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