Two counties in Central Florida exceed 1,000 COVID-19 deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. Both Polk and Orange provinces reported their 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began on Friday. Both provinces have now each surpassed 1,000 virus deaths.

This is because Florida seniors are still struggling to discuss COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Getting an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine can be anything but quick and painless.

One woman in Florida helps people she has never met to get on the coveted list.

Jenn Greenberg has helped dozens of elderly people she has never met go through the confusing, often chaotic process of getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

Greenberg is part of a 120-member volunteer force that helps Florida residents aged 65 and older overcome the daunting obstacles of poorly organized state-owned registration systems and rely heavily on technology that often seems like a foreign language to them. is.

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

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“I realized how many barriers exist, which made setting up appointments very difficult,” Greenberg said.

She says that the systems not only negatively affect the elderly, but also exacerbate income and racial differences.

Florida Esk. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando) says affluent communities are already seeing greater vaccination coverage than lower-income neighborhoods.

Click or tap here to hear more about Greenburg’s initiative to get seniors vaccinated.

New federal efforts could soon improve the distribution of vaccines, as the Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in the first wave of increased military support for the White House campaign to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Two of the five new military teams will go to vaccination centers in California. Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to Coronavirus, said military personnel would arrive at the scene in a little over a week. Three additional centers are expected to be announced soon.

[READ YESTERDAY’S REPORT: Florida reports 7,000 new COVID-19 cases as counties work to keep vaccine secure]

Incidents

The Florida Department of Health reported 10,946 new cases on Friday, bringing the state’s total to 1,763,873 cases since the coronavirus pandemic began in March.

Deaths

Florida reported 215 new virus-related deaths, which increased the death toll to 27,913. This number contains the 456 non-residents who died in Florida.

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Hospitalizations

According to the state agency for health care administration, there were currently 5,428 people admitted to the hospital on Friday afternoon with the virus.

Since March, 73,970 people have been hospitalized in Florida after COVID-19. The number includes the 339 new patients recently admitted to hospital due to the virus are evident from the health department’s daily report released on Friday.

Positivity rate

The percentage of positive results was 5.8% for the 188,606 tests reported to the state. Health officials say the rate should stay between 5% and 10% to prove that a community owns the virus and cures infections.

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Vaccinations

The Florida Department of Health recently began publishing a daily report on COVID-19 vaccines administered throughout the state.

As of Friday afternoon, 1,894,209 people had been vaccinated in Florida. The FDOH also reports that 554,502 people got their second shot.

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

County	Incidents	New matters	Hospitalizations	New hospitalizations	Deaths	New deaths
Brevard	30 459	306	1 840	7	666	3
Flagler	5,447	42	303	2	73	0
More	22 500	189	1,170	11	459	6
Marion	25 221	218	1 590	18	649	7
Orange	105,725	736	2 243	11	1,001	11
Osceola	34 315	216	1 211	4	384	-1
Polk	52,029	399	4,013	16	1,008	17
Seminole	24,764	129	1 057	5	386	1
Sumter	7,323	42	441	2	206	19
Volusia	31,863	187	1,557	10	542	1

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