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Coronavirus in IRC, March 17 update

Written by: March 17 2021
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Afternoon update, March 17, 2021

Indian River County verified 27 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, along with one new death, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total amount of county cases to 11,419, while the death toll increased to 274.

The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 116 out of the 274 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 793 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indian River County, health officials said. The number of hospitalizations and county cases are both cumulative.

There were 15 people still hospitalized as of Wednesday, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

For the Indian River County cases among residents, 7,740 were white, 1,112 were black, 1,019 were listed as “other” and 1,452 were listed as “unknown.”

Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 1,989,024, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 33,120.

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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