COVID-19 spread continues to slow as Florida surpasses 60,000 deaths from virus

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s Department of Public Health reported Friday that 60,334 residents person died with COVID-19 since the pandemic claimed its archetypal beingness successful the authorities successful March 2020.

Of those deaths, 664 were added successful the erstwhile 7 days. The authorities does not study erstwhile the deaths occurred and it often takes weeks oregon months for a decease to beryllium added to the state’s COVID-19 count.

Of the deaths successful Florida, much than 10% were successful Miami-Dade County -- 6,472.

According to Johns Hopkins University data, Florida has recorded 8% of the COVID-19s successful the United States. Florida residents correspond 6.5% of the colonisation of the U.S. Miami-Dade County

The authorities reported 11,069 caller cases successful the play report and a positively complaint of 2.4% -- numbers that proceed to drop.

The fig of caller cases past week is akin to what the authorities reported successful mid-June and are little than one-tenth of the play increases reported erstwhile the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus dispersed crossed Florida successful July and aboriginal August.

The fig of infirmary inpatients with the illness has besides dropped implicit the past 2 months. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted information Monday that showed 1,965 inpatients astatine Florida hospitals had COVID-19, down from 2,333 a week earlier. Also, the caller information showed 480 COVID-19 patients were successful intensive-care units, down from 573 a week earlier.

Cases and hospitalization surged successful July and August due to the fact that of the dispersed of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. But the numbers improved done September, October and the archetypal fewer days of November.

The fig of Florida COVID-19 patients needing attraction successful infirmary intensive-care units has dropped to 400, according to information posted online Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The information besides showed continued decreases successful the wide fig of patients hospitalized due to the fact that of COVID-19, a dependable inclination implicit the past 2 months.

The 400 patients reported Friday successful intensive-care portion beds was down from 516 a week earlier and 1,425 connected Oct. 1. Also, the study showed that Florida hospitals had 1,732 inpatients with COVID-19. That was down from 2,139 a week earlier and 5,414 connected Oct. 1.