More vaccinations, with 19 new COVID-19 cases in Brevard and one new death – Florida Today

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Another 411 Brevard County residents have been vaccinated against theCOVID-19 virus, Florida Department of Health data showed Sunday.One additional death due to COVID was also reported.

Nurse Kaitlyn Shew inoculates a Carnival Liberty cruise ship worker with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at Cruise Terminal 6.(Photo: MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY)

As of Sunday,268,852residents, or about 44%,have received at least one dose of a vaccine.Of that sum, 221,256 residents, or 36%,have completed all recommended doses oftheir versions of the vaccine. According to the DOH, Brevard's population is 611,202 people.

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The county added 19 new COVID-19 cases Sunday and one new death to its cumulative totalssince the pandemic began in March 2020.

A total of 42,661cases have now been confirmed in the county. Of those, 41,919 wereFlorida residents and 742 werenot. The death toll was listed at 890 on Sunday.

Atotal of 2,424residents in Brevard havebeen hospitalizedsince the pandemic began.

On Sunday, Brevard had 43patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in its seven major hospitals, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration,

Of a total capacity of 1,291staffed hospital beds, 24% (396) were available in those hospitals Sunday.Of the 184 total adult ICU bed capacity, 18% (39) were available.

At least 417Brevarddeaths were residents or staff of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes.

The DOHadded 2,054new cases to Florida's statewide total Sunday, pushing the number of cumulative cases to 2,310,335 since the beginning of the pandemic. Of those, 2,367,144 were Florida residents and 43,191 were not.

By Saturday, Florida hadvaccinated 10,005, 987 people, administeringall recommended doses of a vaccine to 7,965,477 of them.

Of the Florida residents tested Sunday, 50,442 tested negative, for adaily positivityrate of 3.91%, the states Sunday reports show. Health experts say a sustained rate of 5% or below is needed to declare the virus under control.

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