New COVID 19 cases and hospitalizations at their lowest since the start of the pandemic in Florida

The numbers are impressive. From mid-January 2021 – when vaccination was extended to the general population – until today, The total number of new COVID 19 cases in the state of Florida has decreased by 87%. During the same period, the average number of patients hospitalized with the virus fell 74%. All according to an analysis of the data by epidemiologists at the University of South Florida.

To put it even more into perspective, during the peak of the pandemic in the summer, more than 2,000 people have been hospitalized with coronavirus cases every day in Miami Dade County. Today, across the state of Florida, there are approximately 1,800 people in hospitals with COVID 19.

In Florida, 60 percent of people over 25 have already received at least one dose of the vaccine. For those over 35, the percentage of vaccinated rises to 66 percent, and for those over 45, the figure is 70 percent. In the highest risk group, those over 65, more than 80 percent have already received both doses.

The numbers are even higher in Miami Dade County, where 1.2 million people have already received a full vaccination. In a way, controlling the situation in Miami Dade has helped the state in general do better, as it is the worst affected county during the pandemic.

In general, hospitals do not provide data on the number of people still hospitalized for COVID 19 who have already received the vaccine. But the headquarters of Baptist Health Hospital in Boca Raton does. In this health center, 88 patients were admitted to hospital for COVID 19 between the end of April and the end of May. Only 4 of them had been vaccinated. Of these, two had a mild case, one was asymptomatic and the other was immunocompromised and had several pre-existing conditions. None are dead.

Nationally, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control for its acronym in English) keeps a statistic of what they call bankruptcy cases, people completely immune to COVID 19 who still ended up being hospitalized, or even are deceased, as a result. of the coronavirus.

As of June 4, nearly 137 million people had been fully immunized in the United States, which equates to 49 percent of the population over 12 years of age. Fewer than 3,000 of them have been hospitalized for COVID 19, according to CDC data.

About 535 fully vaccinated people have died after being diagnosed with COVID 19 in the country, although 88 of them have had a proven cause of death from a cause other than the virus.

As the pandemic wears off, more data will be needed at the national level. Local governments are ending emergency declarations and therefore have fewer resources devoted to studying the pandemic. In Miami Dade, for example, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava decided last week to no longer require hospitals to report COVID 19 data daily. Health centers will continue to send information to the state, and reports will be provided centrally on a weekly basis.

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