Severe winter weather is delaying delivery of COVID-19 vaccine across the country. The U.S. is now vaccinating 1.7 million people every day, but the Centers for Disease Control warns cases are dropping because we’re coming off the holiday surge, not because more people are getting shots. They’re also concerned that new strains of coronavirus could push those numbers back up.
Florida reported more than 5,100 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, as the state's virus-related death toll increased by over 160 but infection rates remained steady.
The 5,117 new confirmed COVID-19 cases brought Florida's total to 1,849,744 since the outbreak began, according to figures released by the state's department of health.
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Another 163 virus-related deaths among Florida residents were reported Thursday, bringing the total to 29,474. An additional 516 non-resident deaths have been confirmed in the state to-date, an increase of three since Wednesday. Most of the newly confirmed deaths occurred days or weeks earlier.
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The positivity rate for new cases in the state was 6.40% in Thursday's department of health coronavirus report, the 10th day in a row it has been at or below 7%.
The positivity rate for all cases, including people who have already been tested, was 8.04%, the 10th-straight day that rate has been below 10%.
In South Florida, Miami-Dade County reached 398,043 cases on Thursday, an increase of 817 since Wednesday, along with 5,242 COVID-related deaths, a single-day increase of 13.
In Broward County, there were 187,432 total COVID-19 cases reported, a daily increase of 601, along with 2,297 virus-related deaths, 14 more than Wednesday's total.
Palm Beach County had 116,209 total cases and 2,383 virus-related deaths Thursday, while Monroe County had 5,633 cases and 44 deaths.
