Coronavirus in IRC, Feb. 26 update

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Afternoon update, Feb. 26, 2021

Indian River County verified 40 new COVID-19 cases Friday, along with one new death, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total amount of county cases to 10,967, while the death toll increased to 261.

The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 115 out of the 261 Indian River County deaths were at long-term care facilities.

The long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases can be found here. The facilities with virus-related deaths can be found here.

There have been 645 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indian River County, health officials said. The number of hospitalizations and county cases are both cumulative.

There were 17 people still hospitalized as of Friday, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

For the Indian River County cases among residents, 7,370 were white, 1,065 were black, 986 were listed as “other” and 1,453 were listed as “unknown.”

Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 1,898,223, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 31,162.

The statewide vaccine summary can be found here. The county-by-county vaccine summary can be found here.

Afternoon update, Feb. 25, 2021

Indian River County verified 31 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total amount of county cases to 10,925, while the death toll remained at 260.

The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 115 out of the 260 Indian River County deaths were at long-term care facilities.

The long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases can be found here. The facilities with virus-related deaths can be found here.

There have been 642 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indian River County, health officials said. The number of hospitalizations and county cases are both cumulative.

There were 19 people still hospitalized as of Thursday, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

For the Indian River County cases among residents, 7,343 were white, 1,058 were black, 981 were listed as “other” and 1,452 were listed as “unknown.”

Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 1,892,301, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 31,018.

The statewide vaccine summary can be found here. The county-by-county vaccine summary can be found here.

See previous Indian River County daily virus coverage here.

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