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The number of coronavirus cases in Florida has increased by 30% over the past week, authorities said Friday, and the state already accounts for a large portion of the total nationwide cases seeing an increase in new COVID infections – 19 mainly caused by the Delta variant.
The alarming rebound in covid – 19 in Florida continued this unstoppable week with 110, 477 new cases, a positivity rate of the 18. 1% and hospital chains such as AventHealt, the largest in the center of the state, raising the emergency level from “red” to “black” due to the more than a thousand hospitalized in its centers.
Chain A dventHealth notes that the 94% of people hospitalized for covid – 19 are not vaccinated and that raising the emergency level to “black” means that hospitals will begin to postpone non-emergency procedures in Polk, Orange, Lake, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia and Flagler Counties (Central Florida).
The figures released today by the Florida Department of Health could not be more grim for the week of 24 at July, with a total 110, 477 newly infected, compared to 73, 196 registered the previous week, and 108 mu This week’s figure shows an average of more than 12, 700 new daily cases.
In addition, the positivity rate rose from 18. 3% last week to 18. 1% the week ending this Friday, the only day the Florida Department of Health provides information on the incidence of covid – 19.
Until today, since the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020, in Florida there are a total of 2, 500, 699 covid cases – 19.
As the cases are triggered, the been has seen the vaccination rise (334, 064 newly vaccinated this week) due to the fear of a possible contagion and at a time when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn that the delta variant appears to be as infectious as chickenpox or measles.
According to the latest official data, currently, the 61% of Floridians over 12 years or more is vaccinated.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner, Democrat Nikki Fried , expressed today at the Florida Capitol his concern about the “direction in which we are going”, with more than 1, 500 new cases in 24 hours , according to the data provided by the Department of Health of the e status to CDC.
Lack of data on COVID – 19
In the absence of daily updates on covid – 19 in Florida, suspended by the governor of this state, Republican Ron DeSantis, Fried began holding briefings this week on the incidence of the pandemic.
Opposing the governor, Nikki Fried encouraged the Floridians to wear a mask and follow the recommendations of the CDC, something that conflicts with the executive order signed today by DeSantis for that it is the parents, and not the local authorities, who decide if your children wear masks in schools as prevention against covid – 18.
DeSantis signed the decree on Friday with effective immediately, aimed at stopping any “rebellion” in school districts against state laws, which neither contemplate nor have they ever contemplated the mandatory use of masks.
The Republican once again lashed out at the CDC, which this week backed down and recommended to those who are vaccinated to wear masks in indoor and public spaces in most of the country.
The governor’s order effectively makes it impossible for school districts to enforce the use of masks at local educational centers, as authorized by Broward County authorities.
Authorities say current hospitalizations are increasing at a “rapid rate” and have passed their January peak of 2020 of 900.
This Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the USA. The US noted that the highly communicable delta variant of the coronavirus can be spread among fully vaccinated people almost as much as among those who have not received any doses.
According to Johns Hopkins University, Florida is the third state with the most accumulated cases of covid – 19 and fourth in number of deaths nationwide.
With information from agencies