Florida reports 17,000 new cases of coronavirus, 130 new deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. Coronavirus vaccinations continue in the Sunshine State and in some provinces with little or no advanced notification.

In Central Florida, Lake County officials gave less than 20 minutes notice before they began immunizing residents and non-residents with the COVID-19 vaccine.

The province received 12,600 doses on Tuesday afternoon and decided to administer 800-1,000 doses on Wednesday morning.

[Here’s how to register for the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida]

Residents in the country were left confused after officials changed the vaccination process to require no appointments, saying they were not sure when more doses would be available.

An hour later, Lake County Department of Health officials said the vaccine at the Clermont Arts & Recreation Center had already reached capacity.

Health officials said with regard to the distribution of vaccines, they will evaluate daily and do not intend to announce distribution until the day it happens.

Publix will also begin vaccinations this week after the government announced Ron DeSantis’ pilot program with the supermarket chain, but only in three counties in Florida.

[READ MORE: Lake County gets second shipment of COVID-19 vaccine, begins giving out shots ASAP]

[READ YESTERDAY’S REPORT: Florida reports nearly 15,200 new infections as vaccine roll out continues slow progress]

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Incidents

The Florida Department of Health reported 17,783 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total to 1,409,906 business since March.

Deaths

Florida reported 132 new virus-related deaths Wednesday. That means at least 22,647 people have died from the coronavirus across the country, including 330 non-residents who died in Florida.

[RELATED: By the numbers: Florida COVID-19 deaths by age]

Hospitalizations

As of Wednesday afternoon, there were currently 7,303 people with the virus who were hospitalized in Florida, according to the state agency for health care administration.

Since March 64 321 people were hospitalized in Florida after coronavirus complications. The number includes the 439 patients recently admitted to hospital due to the virus, according to the daily report of the Department of Health.

Positivity rate

The percentage of positive results has fluctuated from 8.02% to 23.25% over the past two weeks and was 12.59% on Tuesday.

Health officials say the rate should remain between 5% and 10% to prove that a community owns the virus and can control infections.

Vaccinations

The Florida Department of Health recently began publishing a daily report on COVID-19 vaccines administered throughout the state. As of Wednesday afternoon, 329,060 people had been vaccinated in Florida.

See COVID-19 data for the Central Florida region below:

County	Incidents	New matters	Hospitalizations	New hospitalizations	Deaths	New deaths
Brevard	22,669	305	1 483	29	526	1
Flagler	4 079	61	239	6	48	0
More	16 897	200	996	7	331	-5
Marion	19 199	228	1 376	21	495	6
Orange	82,155	993	2 006	25	776	13
Osceola	27,113	386	1 103	6	297	2
Polk	40 361	622	3 389	16	814	5
Seminole	19,539	326	925	3	317	0
Sumter	5,634	126	388	3	122	0
Volusia	24 205	414	1 296	3	458	0

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