Florida adds 2,371 COVID-19 cases and 94 resident deaths Friday
Florida’s health department reported an increase of 2,371 COVID-19 cases Friday and another 94 resident deaths connected to the virus.
The state has now verified 2,304,860 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began.
There have been 36,441 resident deaths in Florida tied to COVID-19, according to the latest health department data. Another 731 non-residents have died in the state with COVID.
Coronavirus-related deaths reported in the past day include 19 in Miami-Dade County, two in Broward County, one in Monroe County and eight in Palm Beach County.
There have been 93,965 resident hospitalizations attributed to the novel coronavirus in the state.
At least 9,916,161 people have received COVID-19 vaccines in Florida, with 7,874,202 people in the state fully vaccinated.
The statewide positivity rate for yesterday’s testing was 4.55%.
A look at the statewide positivity rate for new COVID-19 cases across Florida over the past two weeks. (Florida Department of Health)
County by county
MIAMI-DADE
Cases: 497,371 (+410)
Deaths: 6,363 (+19)
Yesterday’s positivity: 3.14%
Total people vaccinated: 1,455,563
Vaccine series completed: 1,109,612
BROWARD
Cases: 243,045 (+157)
Deaths: 3,045 (+2)
Yesterday’s positivity: 2.91%
Total people vaccinated: 949,110
Vaccine series completed: 731,656
MONROE
Cases: 7,058 (+2)
Deaths: 50 (+1)
Yesterday’s positivity: 1.45%
Total people vaccinated: 41,183
Vaccine series completed: 31,230
PALM BEACH
Cases: 147,408 (+138)
Deaths: 2,845 (+8)
Yesterday’s positivity: 4.09%
Total people vaccinated: 718,176
Vaccine series completed: 577,752
Latest totals
Worldwide, the number of COVID-19 cases reported is over 165 million. There have been more than 3.4 million deaths attributed to the pandemic globally, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States has confirmed over 33 million cases and has had more than 588,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest totals in the world.
Florida’s daily new cases reported have trended as follows: