Florida reported 2,805 new coronavirus cases for a total of 2,296,785 cases.
According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and analyzed by NPR, the average daily caseload so far this week is 3,125 new cases a day. That’s a 17 percent decrease from last week’s average caseload and a 55 percent decrease from the average daily numbers two weeks ago.
The state also added 94 deaths, for a death toll of 36,227 residents. More than 93,300 people have been hospitalized with the virus.
Some 9,671,213 have been vaccinated so far in Florida using the Pfizer, Moderna or J&J vaccine.
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