Florida COVID-19 update: 8,804 cases, 939 deaths, 26,000 more people fully vaccinated

Florida on Monday reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 8,804 more COVID-19 cases and 939 deaths, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,555,096 confirmed COVID cases and 54,063 deaths.

Of the deaths added Monday, about 88%, occurred over the past 28 days and 46% occurred in the last two weeks, according to Herald calculations of CDC data. X of those people.

In the past seven days, on average, the state has added 311 deaths and 7,303 cases per day, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida

There were 6,731 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Monday report. This data is reported from 260 Florida hospitals. That is 454 fewer patients more than Sunday's report, continuing a trend of decreasing hospitalizations.

COVID-19 patients take up 11.74% of all inpatient beds in the latest report's hospitals, compared to 12.26% in the previous day's reporting hospitals.

Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 1,765 people were in intensive care unit beds, a decrease of 111. That represents about 27.2% of the state's ICU hospital beds compared to 28.80% the previous day.

Monday's Miami-Dade County report said there were 562 COVID patients in the county's hospitals on Sunday, a decrease of one from the previous day's report. Of the 37 new COVID patients, 28 (75.7%) had not been vaccinated. Intensive care patients numbered 157, a decrease of 12 from the previous day.

FLORIDA COVID-19 VACCINE RATES

About 12,244,625 eligible Floridians -- 57.0% of the state's population -- had completed the two-dose series of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or have completed Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's an increase of 26,120 over Saturday's report from the CDC.

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VACCINATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND MANATEE COUNTY

The CDC still reported that every Florida county's level of community transmission remains high. Here's how many people have been fully vaccinated in South Florida, according to the CDC.

In Miami-Dade County, about 1,954,033 people, or 71.9% of the county's total population, are fully vaccinated.

In Broward County, about 1,183,314 people are fully vaccinated, or 60.6% of the county's population.

In Palm Beach County, about 863,940 people are fully vaccinated, or 57.7% of the county's population.

In Monroe County,about 49,878 people are fully vaccinated, or 67.2% of the county's population.

In Manatee County, about 214,029 people are fully vaccinated, or 53.1% of the county's population.

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