COVID-19

Florida Adds Over 51,000 COVID-19 Cases as Hospitalizations Continue to Rise

The state reported 51,644 cases on Monday, pushing the state's total to 4,360,178 since the pandemic began, according to figures released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Florida added more than 51,000 more COVID-19 cases Tuesday, as hospitalizations in the state continued to rise.

The state reported 51,644 cases on Monday, pushing the state's total to 4,360,178 since the pandemic began, according to figures released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Last week, Florida set records for daily cases for five straight days, peaking with 75,902 on Dec. 30. It was one of four days last week where Florida reported more than 50,000 new cases.

The record-breaking numbers came as the omicron variant surged in Florida and across the country amid the holidays.

The latest report from the Florida Department of Health released Friday showed Florida's positivity rate rose to 26.5%, after it had dropped to just 2.1% in mid-November.

As of Tuesday, there were 6,914 inpatient beds in use for COVID-19, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Those figures are from 230 Florida hospitals that reported, and account for 12.72% of the state's inpatient beds.

Hospitalizations remain well below this past summer's delta surge, when they peaked at more than 17,100.

The state's death toll since the pandemic began is 62,541, behind only California and Texas.

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