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Sunday Florida COVID update: 19,000 more vaccinations, hospitalizations edge down

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report on Sunday showed 3,001 COVID-19 patients listed from 255 Florida hospitals, continuing a trend of decreasing hospitalizations.

That’s 72 fewer patients than Saturday’s report from 255 hospitals. In Sunday’s report, COVID-19 patients occupied 5.41% of inpatient beds in those hospitals, compared with 5.53% in the previous day’s reporting hospitals.

The percentage number is based on 255 hospitals reporting 3,001 inpatient beds in use for COVID-19 patients and 55,506 total inpatient beds.

Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 809 people were in intensive care units, a decrease of 26 from the previous day’s report. That represents 12.88% of the ICU beds at the 255 hospitals reporting data, compared to 13.20% of those reporting Saturday.

This number is based on 255 hospitals reporting 809 ICU beds in use for COVID-19 patients and 6,279 total ICU beds.

Sunday’s Miami-Dade County report said there were 255 COVID patients in the county’s hospitals on Saturday, a decrease of 51 from the previous day’s report. Of the 23 new COVID patients, 18 (78.3%) had not been vaccinated. Intensive care patients numbered 67, a drop of 19 from the previous day.

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FLORIDA COVID VACCINE RATES

About 12,636,057 eligible Floridians — 58.8% 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 19,172 over Saturday’s report from the CDC.

VACCINATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND MANATEE COUNTY

The CDC reported that most counties have a “substantial” level of community transmission and a few have “moderate” level, but Miami-Dade still has a :high” level.

Here’s how many people have been fully vaccinated in South Florida, according to the CDC.

▪ In Miami-Dade County, about 2,020,331 people, or 74.1% of the county’s total population, are fully vaccinated.

▪ In Broward County, about 1,222,192 people are fully vaccinated, or 62.6% of the county’s population.

▪ In Palm Beach County, about 888,476 people are fully vaccinated, or 59.4% of the county’s population.

▪ In Monroe County, about 51,341 people are fully vaccinated, or 69.2% of the county’s population.

▪ In Manatee County, about 221,050 people are fully vaccinated, or 54.8% of the county’s population.