Half of Florida at ‘high’ risk of COVID; infections keep climbing

• Florida’s common each day COVID-19 instances climbed one other 11% previously week — the tenth consecutive week that infections have gone up. Hospitalizations jumped one other 21% over the identical seven-day interval of May 21-27. That means 10 counties, containing almost half of the state’s 22 million residents, have “high” group ranges of COVID-19, based on federal tips. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that residents put on masks in public indoor settings in Alachua, Broward, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.
• The CDC categorised Tampa Bay and South Florida as “high” areas risk on Thursday — every week after the information reveals these counties already had reached that stage. Due to an information error, eight Florida counties that ought to have been declared at “high” risk of COVID-19 below CDC tips as an alternative appeared as “medium” risk on the company’s web site since May 19. The CDC first acknowledged that 4 South Florida counties had been mislabeled in a footnote at the underside of the web site, the Miami Herald reported. The Tampa Bay Times reported May 23 that Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties additionally had been misreported.
• The White House introduced Thursday that the antiviral remedy Paxlovid might quickly be obtainable at COVID-19 testing websites throughout the U.S. However, there could also be a bigger downside: The federal authorities can’t keep monitor of what number of doses have been shipped and the way many individuals have been handled with the drug, based on Kaiser Health News. Paxlovid isn’t the one drug going through supply-chain woes. The preventative antiviral Evusheld has been so poorly rationed that it’s almost unattainable to get in some states, whereas doses languish on pharmacy cabinets in others, Marketplace reported.

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Overall numbers

66,881: Number of instances reported in Florida over the previous week from May 21-27.

9,544: Average instances a day throughout that seven-day interval, an 11% enhance from the earlier week.

6,125,115: Total quantity of instances recorded in Florida.

137: Number of deaths reported previously week.

74,466: Total pandemic deaths in Florida.

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Vaccinations

48,433: Vaccinations (first or second doses) administered previously week, up 15% in comparison with the earlier week.

80%: Total Florida inhabitants that’s at least partially vaccinated.

67%: Total Florida inhabitants that’s totally vaccinated.

78%: Total U.S. inhabitants that’s at least partially vaccinated.

67%: Total U.S. inhabitants that’s totally vaccinated.

37,142: Booster doses administered in Florida within the final week, up 16% in comparison with the prior week.

27%: Total Florida inhabitants that’s boosted.

31%: Total U.S. inhabitants that’s boosted.

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Positivity charges

18.3%: Florida, in comparison with 16.9% the earlier week.

18.2%: Manatee

17.5%: Citrus

17.3%: Hernando

16.5%: Pinellas

15.9%: Hillsborough

14.8%: Pasco

13.3%: Polk

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Hospitalizations

2,027: Florida hospitalizations, a 21% enhance in comparison with the prior week.

560: Tampa Bay admissions, a 24% enhance in comparison with the prior week.

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How to get examined

Tampa Bay: The Times may also help you discover the free, public COVID-19 testing websites within the bay space.

Florida: The Department of Health has a web site that lists testing websites within the state. Some information could also be out of date.

The U.S.: The Department of Health and Human Services has a web site that may enable you discover a testing website.

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How to get vaccinated

The COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5 and up and booster photographs for eligible recipients are being administered at medical doctors’ workplaces, clinics, pharmacies, grocery shops and public vaccination websites. Many enable appointments to be booked on-line. Here’s the right way to discover a website close to you:

Find a website: Visit vaccines.gov to search out vaccination websites in your ZIP code.

More assist: Call the National COVID-19 Vaccination Assistance Hotline.

Phone: 800-232-0233. Help is on the market in English, Spanish and different languages.

TTY: 888-720-7489

Disability Information and Access Line: Call 888-677-1199 or e-mail [email protected].

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