Afternoon update, March 20, 2021
Florida reached a milestone Saturday as the number of coronavirus cases surpassed the 2 million mark. Locally, the virus cases have recently seen a significant decrease.
Indian River County verified 14 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total amount of county cases to 11,474, while the death toll remained at 275.
The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 116 out of the 275 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 795 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indian River County, health officials said. The number of hospitalizations and county cases are both cumulative.
There were 14 people still hospitalized as of Saturday, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
For the Indian River County cases among residents, 7,788 were white, 1,119 were black, 1,021 were listed as “other” and 1,450 were listed as “unknown.”
Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 2,004,362, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 33,337.
The statewide vaccine summary can be found here. The county-by-county vaccine summary can be found here.
Afternoon update, March 19, 2021
Indian River County verified 22 new COVID-19 cases Friday, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total amount of county cases to 11,460.
There have been 275 total deaths reported for Indian River County.
The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 116 out of the 275 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 Friday, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
For the Indian River County cases among residents, 7,780 were white, 1,115 were black, 1,020 were listed as “other” and 1,449 were listed as “unknown.”
Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 1,999,257, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 33,273.
The statewide vaccine summary can be found here. The county-by-county vaccine summary can be found here.