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Coronavirus in IRC, May 17 update

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

Indian River County verified eight new COVID-19 cases Monday, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total number of county cases to 12,673, while the death toll remained at 304.

The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 125 out of the 304 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 889 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indian River County, health officials said. The number of hospitalizations and county cases are both cumulative.

For the Indian River County cases among residents, 8,691 were white, 1,272 were black, 1,133 were listed as “other” and 1,467 were listed as “unknown.”

Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 2,293,980, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 36,857.

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

Afternoon update, May 16, 2021

Indian River County verified 13 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, according to the Florida Department of Health county report. This raises the total number of county cases to 12,666, while the death toll remained at 304.

The numbers in the reports are provisional and subject to change. Health officials said 125 out of the 304 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 889 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indian River County, health officials said. The number of hospitalizations and county cases are both cumulative.

For the Indian River County cases among residents, 8,689 were white, 1,270 were black, 1,131 were listed as “other” and 1,466 were listed as “unknown.”

Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 2,292,004, health officials said. The number of virus-related deaths increased to 36,798.

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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