Florida added more than 10,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, the same day Vice President Mike Pence is set to visit Tampa with Gov. Ron DeSantis, and ahead of a holiday weekend where DeSantis encouraged residents to take caution but stopped short of setting any additional orders or closures.
The state also added 68 deaths, bringing the seven-day average up to about 42 deaths each day, the highest it has been since May 9. Statewide, 3,718 people have died from the virus.
Hospitalizations also jumped by 329 people, marking the third-highest, single-day change since the start of the pandemic. Only April 29 and May 16 had higher increases, with the highest in May hitting 400 hospitalizations in 24 hours.
How fast is the number of Florida COVID-19 cases growing?
What’s the picture in the state?
Since the first reported Florida coronavirus case four months ago, more than two million people have been tested. The number of tests conducted per day had a spike from Thursday to Sunday, then leveled down during the week.
Florida currently has an average of about 16 percent of tests coming back positive, the second-highest state behind Arizona. The percentage continues to surpass the World Health Organization guideline of 5 percent. Since testing started, 8 percent of all the two million tests have come back positive.
The 68 deaths recorded are only surpassed by dates in April and May. Fifteen of the deaths come from the Tampa Bay area.
The hospitalization bump comes as the Agency for Health Care Administration reports about 20 percent of hospital beds available statewide. Tampa Bay and South Florida have seen a steady decrease of hospital beds since April, down from about 40 percent available to a quarter. The drop off in availability has been even more steep in Central Florida.
New York — long considered a comparison point to Florida — hasn’t had a day with more than 10,000 cases since April 25.
Is Florida’s coronavirus outbreak still growing?
What’s the picture in Tampa Bay?
The Tampa Bay area added 1,944 coronavirus cases and 15 deaths on Thursday, with eight of the deaths coming out of Pinellas County.
Despite having nearly 5,000 fewer cases than Hillsborough, Pinellas has seen more deaths. About 76 percent of deaths in the county can be tied to long-term care facilities.
Hillsborough recorded five deaths Thursday, with Manatee and Pasco both seeing one.
The deaths include in Hillsborough an 87-year-old man and 54-, 78-, 84-, and 95-year-old women; in Manatee a 42-year-old man; and in Pinellas 54-, 80-, 85-, and 88-year-old man and 79-, 89-, 95- and 101-year-old women.
As of the latest counts, Hillsborough has 12,376 cases and 148 deaths; Pinellas has 7,249 cases and 182 deaths; Polk has 4,327 cases and 103 deaths; Manatee has 3,175 cases and 132 deaths; Pasco has 2,274 cases and 23 deaths; Hernando has 451 cases and six deaths; and Citrus has 345 cases and 13 deaths.
Florida coronavirus cases by age group
Doctors say older people are at a greater risk to developing severe symptoms from COVID-19, which makes Florida especially vulnerable.
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