Afternoon update, April 11, 2021
Indian River County reached a milestone Sunday as the total number of coronavirus cases surpassed 12,000, health officials said.
Indian River County verified 26 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, along with one new death, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total amount of county cases to 12,005, while the death toll increased to 286.
The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 118 out of the 286 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 839 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indian River County, health officials said. The number of hospitalizations and county cases are both cumulative.
There were 13 people still hospitalized as of Sunday, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
For the Indian River County cases among residents, 8,171 were white, 1,190 were black, 1,081 were listed as “other” and 1,458 were listed as “unknown.”
Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 2,124,233, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 34,685.
The statewide vaccine summary can be found here. The county-by-county vaccine summary can be found here.
Afternoon update, April 10, 2021
Indian River County verified 27 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total amount of county cases to 11,981.
Saturday’s update showed the county had 285 total deaths, even though Friday’s numbers showed 289 deaths. A health department official was not immediately available to explain the discrepancy.
The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 118 out of the 285 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 838 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 Saturday, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
For the Indian River County cases among residents, 8,158 were white, 1,187 were black, 1,074 were listed as “other” and 1,457 were listed as “unknown.”
Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 2,118,713, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 34,676.
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.
