Florida COVID update on Monday: 4,797 cases and zero deaths added

Miami Herald - 10/11/2021

Florida on Monday reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4,797 more COVID-19 cases and zero deaths, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

It’s possible that the CDC website has not updated to show new deaths because of the holiday weekend. The Florida Department of Health did not immediately respond to a request for comment

In the past seven days, the state has added, on average, 113 deaths and 3,263 cases per day, according to Herald calculations of CDC data.

In all, Florida has recorded at least 3,609,643 confirmed COVID cases and 56,413 deaths.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has not updated its COVID-19 inpatient and ICU beds dashboard since Saturday, possibly because of the holiday.

As of Saturday, there were 3,945 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to the dashboard, which compiled data from 259 hospitals. This continues a trend of decreasing hospitalizations.

COVID-19 patients take up 6.78% of all inpatient beds in the latest report. Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 1,081 people were in intensive care unit beds, according to data reported by 265 hospitals. That represents about 17.05% of the state’s ICU hospital beds.

This article will be updated.