Florida Continues Record-Shattering Week, Reports 75,962 New Covid Cases

nbcmiami.com ^ | December 31, 2021

[House Atreides]

Florida continued its record-shattering week for COVID-19 infections, reporting nearly 76,000 new daily cases on Friday as testing and hospitalizations in the state also continued to increase.

The 75,962 new cases reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once again set a daily record for Florida and brought the state's total to 4,165,962 since the pandemic began in March of 2020.

Thanks mostly to the fast-spreading omicron variant and an increase in testing, Florida has set records all week for daily cases, with 58,013 reported Thursday, 52,995 reported Wednesday, 33,567 on Tuesday and 29,129 on Monday.

Covid hospitalizations in the state increased by 484 on Friday, reaching 4,485, according to the Florida Hospital Association. That total is nowhere near the peak of more than 17,100 hospitalizations during the summer delta wave.

Hospitalizations in the state have increased over 144% in the past week, though more than 25% of adult ICU beds remain available.

[daniel1212]

Despite 89%% of those 65+ being fully vaxed (above ntl. average).

[4Liberty]

[faucetman]

“Thanks mostly to the fast-spreading omicron variant”

The NOTHINGBURGER variant.

BRING ON THE HERD!

[GeorgeWashington1777]

Bwaahaa ha! Faulty BS test!

[Socon-Econ]

In any jurisdiction, a junk test will lead to junk results.

[mewzilla]

DeSantis has a nest of vipers for his state and county health departments.

Any Florida FReepers know if FL’s health departments do what they do in NYS: Count asymptomatics, probables, and repeat positives of the same patient as new cases?

Just curious.

[Sacajaweau]

All this testing is in preparation for the mandate case which will go before the USSC on Jan 7th. Brandon's attorneys were supposed to submit answers to some questions by Dec 31st.

So all this new testing says to the court...OMG....look at all the sick people...millions....we need mandates. And we need that power even more as we get close to the elections so we can shut everything down and everyone has to vote by mail. Cheat?? That's ridiculous....wink wink...

[Fury]

I’m surprised. Weren’t we told DeSantis killed everyone in the state with Covid last summer.

And met with Hitler. And killed a bunch of baby seals. Someone posted a great image of DeSantis, Hitler and the baby seals.

[afchief]

This is TOTAL BS!!! I live in Florida and this is a bold face LIE

[rktman]

Well apparently if you get it and survive or get the vaxx, you get elevated to some status they deem as extraordinary.

[1776 and beyond]

How can this be true? There are no tests for omicron and the CDC has said the PCR is being stopped and pulled because the tests show positive for influenza and other corona virus’ . Where do these numbers come from ?