In Florida on Thursday, 5,588 coronavirus cases were involved, the highest in a single day since the 15-day exc gust, with health officials reporting irregularities.
Thursday’s case load brings the total number of infections reported across the state to 768,091, according to the Florida Department of Health. The weekly average reached about 3,300 cases per week. Also on Thursday, the test showed a higher level of testing than usual, with more than 100,000 tests being processed.
Cor 57 coronavirus-related deaths were also joined in the state, and the weekly death toll of 77 deaths per day fell below average. On Wednesday, Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkis said the Department of Health would implement an additional review of deaths from coronavirus, although it was not immediately clear what the new review policy would force or how it would affect the state’s daily reports.
In Florida, the virus has killed 16,470 people since March.
Two irregular days occurred when Sept. by Quest Diagnostics. A backlog of 75,000 tests was unloaded to the health department on the 1st and when the state failed to issue a report on the 10th of October, it would force two days worth of information the next day.
Hospitalization: About 2,100 people in Florida are hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of coronavirus, according to the Health Care Administration agency. About 460 of them are hospitalized in the Tampa Bay area.
Statewide, about 24 percent of hospital beds and 23 percent of intensive care unit beds were available Thursday. In Tampa Bay, about 21 percent of hospital beds and 19 percent of ICU beds were available.
The number of hospital admissions has increased by 141 admissions.
Positivity: Florida’s average weekly positivity rate is about 12 percent, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The Florida Department of Health, which calculates positivity by calculation, not negative reactions and positive resets, sets the positivity rate at about 5 percent.
When positivity is too high, it may indicate that there is not a comprehensive test to catch mild and asymptomatic cases. The World Health Organization recommends a positive rate of 5 percent or below for two weeks before resuming.
Local numbers: There were 1,011 coronavirus cases and 11 deaths in Tampa Bay on Thursday.
Seven deaths were reported in Pinalas County, three in Hernando and one in Mante. No new deaths were reported in Hillsboro, Polk or Pesco counties.
Poke comes in at 7 percent in the area with the highest average weekly positivity rate, followed by Hillsborough at 6 percent and counties in every other area at 5 percent.
According to the latest count, there are 46,300 cases in Hillsborough and 760 people have died; Pinelas has 24,650 cases and 816 deaths; Poke has 22,256 cases and 595 deaths; Mante has 12,761 cases and 326 deaths; Pascoe has 10,406 cases and 228 deaths; Hernando has 3,531 cases and 166 deaths; And citrus has 3,091 cases and 131 deaths.
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