Florida breaks record for new daily, Covid cases for 3rd time this week

 


A record breaking 23,903 new Covid 19 cases were after thorough investigation in Florida on Friday, following to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


This marks the 3rd time this week that Florida has surpassed its record of new daily Covid-19 cases. The state first publicied its highest one-day total on July 31 with 21,683 new cases. Then on Thursday at least 22,783 new daily cases were reported.


Covid-19 hospitalizations in the state have also raised at record-breaking levels for six  Successive days, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The previous record was from July 23, 2020, more than a half-year before vaccinations started becoming far-reaching, when Florida had 10,170 hospitalizations. According to the Florida Hospital Association.


Florida is now top nation in per capita hospitalizations for COVID-19, as hospitals around the state report having to put emergency room visitors in beds in hallways and others document a noticeable drop in the age of patients.


Last week, Florida has averaged 1,525 adult hospitalisations per day, and 35 daily paediatric hospitalisations.


Federal health data published on Saturday showed that Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19. The state highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic.




Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has resisted compulsory mask mandates and vaccine requirements, and along with the state legislature, has limited local officials’ ability to impose restrictions meant to stop the spread of COVID-19.


American people, according to a rolling NBC News tally. At least 39,695 of those fatalities have been in Florida, in a per capita rate that puts the state square size in the middle of the pack.


Almost 49.3 percent of Florida's population has been fully vaccinated, according to NBC's vaccination tracker. That fall Florida slightly behind other large states like California (53.3 percent), New York (57.5 percent) and Pennsylvania (52.8 percent) but ahead of Illinois (48.9 percent) and Texas (43.3 percent).

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