By the numbers: Florida’s COVID 19 data
TALLAHASSEE --- State health-care agencies on Saturday released numbers about the coronavirus in Florida. Here are some takeaways:
--- 1,116,973: Total number of cases since the pandemic started.
TALLAHASSEE --- State health-care agencies on Saturday released numbers about the coronavirus in Florida. Here are some takeaways:
--- 1,116,973: Total number of cases since the pandemic started.
As the state approaches another morbid coronavirus milestone of 20,000 deaths, Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered some glad tidings to Floridians this week: Hope is on the horizon.
Florida is in line to receive nearly 180,000 doses of Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine as soon as federal health authorities sign off on the drug, with 81,900 doses slated to be used in long-term care facilities and the remainder going to five hospitals throughout the state.
But the news wasn’t all giddy for DeSantis and his administration this week.
TALLAHASSEE --- Participating in a White House vaccine summit on Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined what appeared to be the state’s final COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.
DeSantis said the state’s proposal calls for vaccinating seniors in nursing homes before the end of December, while also getting vaccines into the hands of “high-contact” front line health-care workers in five urban areas by the end of next week.