On the day when Florida reported that close to 2.13 million Sunshine State residents had completed the COVID-19 vaccine process, 96 more Floridians and 13 more local residents lost their battle with the fast-spreading virus.
Eight of the latest local fatalities were in Lake County and the other five were residents of Marion County. They are among the 1,708 tri-county area deaths, the 32,639 in Florida and the 529,849 across the country, Florida Department of Health and Johns Hopkins University statistics show.
As of Thursday, Florida was reporting COVID-19 vaccine doses being administered to 3,895,656 Floridians. Of those, 1,766,109 had received the first dose and 2,129,547 had received the complete vaccine.
All told, Florida is reporting 1,962,651 cases – an increase of 5,065 from Wednesday to Thursday. Of those, 1,926,494 are residents. A total of 81,861 COVID-19 cases have been reported in long-term care centers and 31,169 in correctional facilities. Across the state, 81,763 people have been hospitalized.
Locally, Marion County is reporting 28,238 COVID-19 cases – an increase of 45 in a 24-hour period. There have been 882 deaths and 1,831 people have been hospitalized.
Ocala continues to pace Marion County with 20,732 cases – an overnight increase of 34. Others have been identified in Summerfield (1,759), Dunnellon (1,276), Belleview (1,221), Silver Springs (599), Citra (473), Ocklawaha (456), Fort McCoy (287), Reddick (284), Anthony (266), Weirsdale (220), The Villages (181), Salt Springs (49), Flemington (34), McIntosh (30), Sparr (22), Orange Lake (22), Lowell (19), Candler (18), East Lake (11), Fairfield (8), Orange Springs (8) and Morriston (6).
Below is a breakdown of other COVID-19 activity in the local area:
TRI-COUNTY AREA
- Cases: 61,885 – increase of 133
- Deaths: 1,708
- Hospitalizations: 3,689
LAKE COUNTY
- Cases: 25,378 – increase of 66
- Deaths: 584
- Hospitalizations: 1,339
- Cities with most cases: Clermont (6,645), Leesburg (3,902), Eustis (2,235), Mount Dora (1,915) and Tavares (1,839).
SUMTER COUNTY
- Cases: 8,269 – increase of 22
- Deaths: 242
- Hospitalizations: 519
- Areas/cities with most cases: The Villages (3,937), Wildwood (965), Bushnell (871), Coleman (833) and Oxford (466).
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