COVID-19 Cases in Florida: CDC Data Reveal 51 Deaths Per Day in Sunshine State, But Virus Slowing Down

Florida has recorded more than 9,000 COVID-19 cases in the past seven days, but the Sunshine State claimed that the cases of the notorious disease continue to decline.

The data was confirmed by the calculation of the Miami Herald, which was published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday.

Recent data suggests that Florida had at least 9,686 cases with 51 deaths per day. However, 87 fewer cases were recorded by the state per day.

CDC noted that at the beginning of June, Florida collectively had lower levels of COVID-19 transmission, per WEAR-TV. The CDC data, which is accurate as of June 30, then showed high levels of community transmission of COVID-19.

Despite that, the CDC data showed that the positivity rate in the sunshine state remained in the same range as before at 20 to 24%.

The data from the agency also showed that the BA.5 variant accounted for at least 54% of cases in Florida, while BA.4 variants accounted for 14.7%.

COVID-19 Florida Update: Number of Cases in the Sunshine State

According to the calculations from the Miami Herald, which was published by the CDC, Florida has seen 73,829 new COVID-19 cases from June 21-28.

Miami-Dade has the highest number of new cases equating to 16,995 in the week ending on June 28. The cases were reportedly 1% fewer than those added in the previous week.

Broward County followed with 7,621 new resident cases. Palm Beach comes third with 4,494 new COVID-19 cases. Both counties showed 3% fewer resident cases than those in the previous week.

Manatee County recorded 1,149 new COVID-19 cases, which is 1% more than the previous reported data.

Monroe reported 233 new cases, 17% more than those added in the past seven days.

COVID-19 cases were also recorded in the Tampa Bay area. However, WFLA noted that cases within the said area are much lower, including Hillsborough with 4,867 cases, Citrus with 382, and Hardee with only 53 new cases.

To date, the Florida Department of Health reported that the state has a cumulative COVID-19 case amounting to 6,493,977.

COVID-19 Deaths and Vaccinations

COVID-19 deaths are still imminent in Florida, as 400 new deaths were added in the previous week. Furthermore, the state also had a rate of 352 cumulative deaths per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic.

Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward have the highest additional deaths in the past week amounting to 59, 53, and 32, respectively.

As of July 4, CDC noted that the total number of cases of COVID-19 death in Florida is 67,756.

Meanwhile, about 57.6% of Florida's population received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines from either Pfizer or Moderna. The said percentage also encompasses those who have completed a single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

About 41.7% of Florida's fully vaccinated population received a booster for COVID-19.

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Written By: Joshua Summers