Florida reported 9,148 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, a 49% decrease from the day before when 17,854 were reported.
With the sudden plunge in the number of reported COVID cases, the state is averaging 13,087 new COVID-19 cases over a seven-day period.
At least 48,283 Floridians have died of COVID since the start of the pandemic.
Deaths are counted on the day they occur, not the day they are reported, and can take up to two weeks or more to be reflected in the data. On Friday, according to the information Florida provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only seven additional deaths were added. August remains the most deadly month of the pandemic, with 7,622 deaths in Florida.
There are also fewer patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Florida, down to 12,222 as of Saturday, a 3% decrease from the previous day. Those cases account for 21% of the available beds, with 83% of the state’s beds in use overall. Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services midday on Saturday also show that 2,909 ICU beds in the state were given to COVID-19 patients, down 1.5% from the previous day and accounting for about 44% of the total ICU beds.
Here are the latest statistics:
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Florida now ranks ninth in the nation for average daily COVID cases per capita, and first for the average of daily COVID deaths per capita as of Sept. 11, according to New York Times data. According to the same data, Florida ranks second in the nation for the number of people hospitalized daily for COVID.
Florida continues to rank third in the total number of COVID cases per capita during the pandemic, behind Tennessee (1) and North Dakota (2), and 12th for total number of deaths per capita, according to New York Times data.
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On Sept. 9, Florida reported a decline in its positivity rate, though it remains one of the highest in the nation. The positivity rate in Florida declined from 15.2% to 13.5%, a further indication the state may have passed the peak of the delta surge. The state releases positivity data weekly.
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