Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stated that 42 percent of the state’s over 65s have already received the cornonavirus vaccine and announced an increase in the number of doses arriving weekly.
According to DeSantis, for next week 41 thousand more doses are expected, which would be added to the 325 thousand already received last week.
The governor, criticized for the way in which vaccines are being distributed in Florida, after it became known that there was a preferential list in a Manatee County vaccination center, highlighted the progress made with the “oldest first” program on a visit to another western county.
The Florida Department of Health reported that there are 5,117 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest figure since November 16, and 166 new deaths from covid-19, including non-state residents who died in the state.
Since March 1, one million 849 thousand 744 people have been infected in Florida and 29 thousand 990 have died from covid-19, which places the state in the third place for number of cases and fourth for deaths, in the Johns Hopkins University tables, led in both cases by California.
The positivity rate is at 6.40 percent, a slight decrease from the previous day, from 6.42 percent.
As of today, 4,367 people are hospitalized for covid-19 in Florida and the state’s intensive care units have 19.05 percent of their places vacant, according to official data.
The number of people inoculated in this state, with a population of more than 21 million inhabitants, is 2.43 million. Of those, 1.13 million received the two doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines required for effective immunization.
For now, only people residing in geriatric centers and those who care for them can be vaccinated, health personnel on the front line of the fight against covid-19 and those over 65 years of age.
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