Covid-19 : Florida experiences greater than 17,300 COVID-19 circumstances reflecting 2 days of knowledge
ORLANDO, Fla. – The state of Florida on Friday launched new information about coronavirus circumstances within the Sunshine State, a day after no new info was offered as a result of Thanksgiving vacation.
Testing websites have been closed throughout the state Thursday however reopened on Friday morning.
Florida has reported greater than 979,000 COVID-19 circumstances for the reason that pandemic was first reported right here in March. The state will seemingly surpass 1 million circumstances throughout the subsequent week as the US closes in on 13 million confirmed coronavirus circumstances.
Forward of Thanksgiving, well being officers warned in opposition to vacation gatherings, which they stated might trigger the virus to simply unfold. It’s going to take about two weeks earlier than the impression of the vacation is mirrored within the virus testing information.
“There is a kind of an overwhelming sense of apprehension as to what’s going to come in the next 10 days,” stated Meeta Shah, of Chicago’s Rush College Medical Facilities.
“We are fully expecting the next few weeks to be brutal,” an ICU nurse stated.
Whereas hospitalizations have been slowly climbing in Florida, native officers say they presently should not in peril of being overwhelmed.
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Under is info offered by the Florida Division of Well being for Friday, Nov. 27.
Instances
The Florida Division of Well being reported 17,344 new circumstances on Friday, bringing the state’s total whole to 979,020 circumstances since March. The brand new totals replicate two days of testing as a result of the DOH didn’t launch any outcomes on Thanksgiving.
Deaths
The Florida Division of Well being on Friday reported 114 individuals have lately died from COVID-19. As of Friday’s coronavirus report, a complete of 18,596 deaths throughout the state have been associated to the coronavirus, a quantity that features 233 non-resident deaths in Florida.
State well being officers have at all times maintained that virus fatalities are sometimes delayed in being reported to the FDOH, with some deaths not reported for a month or extra.
Hospitalizations
Presently, there are 3,748 individuals with the virus hospitalized in Florida as of Friday afternoon, in keeping with the state Company for Well being Care Administration. The Florida DOH reported 334 newly hospitalized sufferers as a consequence of COVID-19 between Wednesday night and Friday.
Positivity price
The p.c of constructive outcomes ranged from 6.20% to 10.06% over the previous two weeks and was 6.20% for exams reported Thursday and Friday.
Under is a breakdown of the coronavirus numbers throughout the 10-county Central Florida area for Nov. 26 and 27:
| County | Instances | New Instances | Hospitalizations | New Hospitalizations | Deaths | New Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brevard | 15,259 | 278 | 1,184 | 5 | 436 | 2 |
| Flagler | 2,685 | 64 | 192 | 2 | 42 | 0 |
| Lake | 10,472 | 199 | 818 | 1 | 253 | 3 |
| Marion | 12,863 | 235 | 1,160 | 5 | 379 | 2 |
| Orange | 57,101 | 1,135 | 1,771 | 12 | 642 | 7 |
| Osceola | 17,966 | 433 | 939 | 1 | 240 | 0 |
| Polk | 27,159 | 326 | 2,889 | 42 | 671 | 0 |
| Seminole | 12,685 | 298 | 813 | 4 | 273 | 5 |
| Sumter | 3,412 | 59 | 317 | 1 | 95 | 3 |
| Volusia | 16,197 | 588 | 1,075 | 5 | 365 | 3 |
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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