MIAMI — Florida reported 26,203 more COVID-19 cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, according to MiamiHerald calculations of CDC data.
The state also reported nine new deaths the day before. In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,130,144 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide and 42,731 deaths.
On Aug. 10, the Florida Department of Health changed the way it reported new cases and deaths to the CDC. Cases and deaths used to be logged as total new cases reported on a single day. Now, Florida is reporting cases by the “case date,” according to the CDC, rather than the date the case was logged into the system. The result of this change is a lag in cases by date and a number of cases back-filling over time.
The Herald will continue to report the difference in total cases and deaths from one day to the next in stories about daily new cases and deaths, as this is consistent with the way data have been presented in daily stories since the beginning of the pandemic.
There were 17,164 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida on Wednesday, according to data reported to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services from 233 Florida hospitals. That is 76 more patients than Tuesday’s COVID patient population.
COVID-19 patients also accounted for 30.85% of all hospital patients.
Of the hospitalized in Florida, 3,634 people were in intensive care unit beds, an increase of 77. That represents 53.91% of the state’s ICU hospital beds from 233 hospitals reporting data.
