Another Manatee County resident has died from COVID. State’s death toll keeps climbing
COVID-19 has killed another Manatee County resident. The person was one of more than 200 Florida residents whose death from the disease was reported Friday, as the statewide death toll continues to climb.
There have been 506 residents killed in Manatee County by COVID-19, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Across Florida, the deaths of 210 more residents and five non-non-residents were confirmed. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 27,457 residents and 456 non-residents who have died from the respiratory illness.
Meanwhile, another 11,543 people in the state have tested positive for the coronavirus. The state has had a total of 1,763,873 people who have contracted the virus.
In Manatee County, there were 189 new infections reported on Friday. Local cases now total 29,230.
The latest new cases include 175 local residents with a media age of 38. Friday’s test results had a 4.5% positivity rate.
Hospitalizations because of COVID-19 continue to decline overall across the state — down almost 15% compared to a week ago. On Friday, there were 5,428 patients admitted to a hospital with COVID-19 as a primary diagnosis and reason for their admission, according to the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. In Manatee County, there were 72 hospitalizations, down by almost 8% from a week earlier.
On Friday, Blake Medical Center had 39 available and staffed beds, including nine ICU beds, while Lakewood Ranch Medical Center had only nine beds available, none of them ICU beds, according to data collected by county public safety officials.
Manatee Memorial Hospital had 46 available beds, including four ICU beds, on Friday, according to AHCA, which does not account for available staffing. Manatee Memorial does not report capacity data to the county.
Vaccination rollout remains slow with only 10,359 people in Manatee County fully inoculated as of Friday morning. Another 20,197 people have received their first dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to the state health department.
Across the state, there have been 554,502 people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 while another 1,339,707 have received their first dose.
Surrounding counties
- Sarasota County cases increased from 25,158 to 25,251. The death toll remained at 651.
- Desoto County cases increased from 3,427 to 3,445. The death toll remained at 67.
- Hardee County cases increased from 2,614 to 2,628. The death toll remained at 24.
- Hillsborough County cases increased from 102,337 to 102,944. The death toll increased from 1,342 to 1,352.
- Pinellas County cases increased from 60,623 to 61,001. The death toll increased from 1,312 to 1,330.
This story was originally published February 5, 2021 at 2:56 PM.
