Leon County COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalization, and Death Tracking

Although cases continue their multi-week decline, deaths at at least one Tallahassee hospital could top the August record.

In the first 26 days of August, the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, which ended the month with 77 COVID-related deaths, had 67, according to spokeswoman Danielle Buchanan. On September 26, the hospital reported 73.

The hospital did not report any COVID deaths on Friday, but it did admit six new patients. Just over a week earlier, TMH had seven deaths, the highest number of COVID-related deaths in a day.

As of Monday morning, the total number of COVID patients in Tallahassee is 103, divided between 55 at the TMH and 48 at the Capital Regional Medical Center. A week earlier it was 116.

At the end of last month, CRMC rented a refrigerated trailer as a makeshift morgue because the in-house morgue was full. The mobile unit was removed last week, according to CRMC spokeswoman Rachel Stiles.

Nationwide case numbers

Florida reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week that ended Sunday, adding 54,109 new cases. That’s 28.8% fewer than the previous week of 75,998 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Florida was ranked 28th among the states where the coronavirus spread fastest per person, according to an analysis by the USA TODAY Network of data from Johns Hopkins University. Last week, coronavirus cases in the United States were down 18.9% from the previous week, with 837,185 cases reported. With 6.45% of the country’s population, Florida had 6.46% of the country’s cases in the last week. Across the country, 10 states had more cases in the past week than the week before.

Local breakdown

• Leon County reported 995 cases last week. A week earlier, 1,227 cases had been reported. 50,031 cases were reported during the pandemic.
• Gadsden County reported 157 cases in the past week. A week earlier, it had reported 145 cases. 8,431 cases have been reported throughout the pandemic.
• Wakulla County reported 137 cases in the past week. A week earlier, it had reported 194 cases. 6,252 cases were reported throughout the pandemic.
• Jefferson County reported 59 cases in the past week. A week earlier, 62 cases had been reported. 2,426 cases have been reported throughout the pandemic.
• Franklin County reported 44 cases in the past week. A week earlier, 37 cases had been reported. 2,226 cases were reported throughout the pandemic.
• Jackson County reported 166 cases in the past week. A week earlier, it had reported 246 cases. 9,873 cases were reported during the pandemic.

Florida no longer publishes county-level death dates.

Across Florida, cases fell in 65 counties, with the best decreases in Palm Beach County with 2,929 cases from 4,588 a week earlier; Hillsborough County with 3,874 cases out of 5,490; and in Orange County with 3,235 cases out of 4,669.

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Nationwide vaccination amounts

Florida ranked 17th. The national rate is 64%, according to a US TODAY analysis of the CDC data. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are most commonly used in the United States, require two doses given a few weeks apart.

For the week that ended Wednesday, Florida reported receiving an additional 387,254 doses of the vaccine, including 138,783 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 449,219 vaccine doses, including 166,275 initial doses. In total, Florida reported that it delivered 26,335,227 total doses.

Florida had the worst weekly outbreaks per person in Hardee County, with 557 cases per 100,000 per week; Santa Rosa County at 444; and Putnam County at 428. The Centers for Disease Control say high transmission rates in the community start at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.

Most of the total new cases were Miami-Dade County with 7,248 cases; Broward County with 4,188 cases; and Hillsborough County at 3,874.

In Florida, 2,340 people were reported dead from COVID-19 in the week that ended Sunday. In the previous week, 2,468 people had been reported dead.

A total of 3,582,807 people in Florida have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 53,580 people have died from the disease, data from Johns Hopkins University shows. In the United States, 42,931,354 people tested positive and 688,032 people have died.

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USA TODAY analyzed the federal hospital data on Sunday, September 26th.

Probably State-Admitted COVID Patients:

• Last week: 7,073
• The week before: 8,815
• Four weeks ago: 15,901

Likely COVID Patients Admitted to the Nation:

• Last week: 102,610
• The week before: 111,420
• Four weeks ago: 128,233

Christopher Cann contributed to this story.

The USA TODAY Network publishes localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated using data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have any questions about the dates or history, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

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