ORLANDO, Fla. – One month into his presidency, President Joe Biden is on a glide path to attain his goal of 100 million vaccination shots in 100 days.
Limited supply of the two approved COVID-19 vaccines has hampered the pace of vaccinations — and that was before extreme winter weather delayed the delivery of vaccine shipments. The White House said the winter weather has temporarily delayed shipment of 6 million coronavirus vaccine doses.
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The United States is on the verge of a supply breakthrough as manufacturing ramps up and with the expectation of a third vaccine becoming available in the coming weeks.
Since their approval in December, more than 75 million doses of the two-shot-regimen Moderna and Pfizer vaccines have been distributed, of which 63 million have been injected, reaching 13% of Americans. Nearly 45 million of those doses have been administered since Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
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Find the state-run COVID-19 dashboard below:
Below is a breakdown of Florida COVID-19 data reported by the state on Feb. 21.
Cases
The Florida Department of Health reported 4,980 new cases on Sunday, bringing the state’s overall total to 1,868,772 cases since the virus was first detected on March 1.
Deaths
Florida reported 95 new virus-related deaths Sunday, raising the death toll to 30,434. This number includes the 528 non-residents who died in Florida.
Hospitalizations
As of Sunday afternoon, there were currently 4,159 people with the virus hospitalized in Florida, according to the state Agency for Health Care Administration.
Since March, 77,758 people have been hospitalized in Florida after complications from COVID-19. That number includes the 104 new patients who have been recently hospitalized due to the virus, according to the health department’s daily report released on Wednesday.
Positivity rate
The percent of positive results was 6.32% Saturday of the 78,856 tests reported to the state. Health officials say the rate should remain between 5% and 10% to prove a community has a hold of the virus and is curbing infections.
Vaccinations
The Florida Department of Health recently began releasing a daily report on COVID-19 vaccines administered throughout the state.
As of Sunday afternoon, 2,693,953 people have received at least the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. The FDOH also reports that 1,388,919 people have received their second shot.
See COVID-19 data for the Central Florida region below:
| County | Cases | New cases | Hospitalizations | New hospitalizations | Deaths | New deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brevard | 33,007 | 152 | 1,955 | 0 | 728 | 6 |
| Flagler | 5,783 | 21 | 328 | 0 | 87 | 1 |
| Lake | 23,978 | 75 | 1,227 | 0 | 541 | 0 |
| Marion | 27,033 | 100 | 1,676 | 3 | 741 | 6 |
| Orange | 111,886 | 308 | 2,337 | 1 | 1,071 | 0 |
| Osceola | 36,097 | 100 | 1,253 | 3 | 425 | 0 |
| Polk | 55,861 | 167 | 4,275 | 6 | 1,107 | 0 |
| Seminole | 26,616 | 82 | 1,110 | 2 | 411 | 0 |
| Sumter | 7,768 | 21 | 498 | 0 | 226 | 0 |
| Volusia | 33,752 | 71 | 1,682 | 1 | 634 | 1 |
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