Florida health officials are reporting 5,000 new cases of COVID-19, 166 new deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. – This week, Seminole County vaccine slots took more than 24 hours to fill, county leaders said.

Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris said the county will open its vaccination meetings Tuesday. He said this week that for the first time meetings were still available a day later.

Meetings were still available at 10am on Wednesday. Harris said all the appointments were eventually accepted. He said it was a good sign that it took longer than the slots to fill.

“We may be looking to encourage the state to move into that next priority group,” Harris said.

Harris said the state’s current plan calls for law enforcement, 911 operatives and essential vaccination workers to be next. Harris said it is unclear who deserves essential work.

To read more about Seminole County ‘s plan to vaccinate more people, click or tap here.

[READ YESTERDAY’S REPORT: Central Florida vaccinations delayed, state reports 7,000 new COVID-19 cases]

Find the state-run COVID-19 dashboard below:

Matters

The Florida Department of Health reported 5,073 new cases Thursday, bringing the state total to 1,849,744 cases since the virus was first detected on March 1st.

Deaths

Florida reported 166 new virus-related deaths Thursday, raising the death tax to 29,990. This number includes the 516 non-residents who died in Florida.

Ospadalan

On Thursday afternoon, it was present 4,368 people with the virus are hospitalized in Florida, according to the state Agency for Healthcare Administration.

Since March, 77,124 people have been hospitalized in Florida following complications from COVID-19. That number includes the 299 new patients who were recently admitted to the hospital because of the virus, according to the health department ‘s daily report published Wednesday.

Proof level

The percentage of results was positive 6.4% Wednesday. Health officials say the rate should stay between 5% and 10% to confirm that the virus is contagious to a community and that they are preventing infections.

Vaccines

The Florida Department of Health recently began releasing a daily report on COVID-19 vaccines administered across the state.

On Thursday afternoon, 2,551,882 people have received at least the first dose of coronavirus vaccine. The FDOH also reports that 1,232,083 people have had their second sight.

See COVID-19 data for the Central Florida region below:

County	Matters	New issues	Ospadalan	New hospitals	Deaths	New deaths
Brevard	32,555	110	1,941	5	714	4
Flag	5,714	25	328	3	86	0
Loch	23,728	73	1,220	6	531	6
Great	26,748	132	1,652	13	719	19
Orange	110,824	306	2,321	15	1,060	0
Osceola	35,753	64	1,245	6	416	2
Polk	55,269	211	4,226	17	1,094	7
Seminole	26,297	155	1,095	4	405	0
Sumter	7,688	20	489	5	224	0
Volusia	33,395	100	1,657	10	624	2

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