Florida sees 48 percent jump in weekly coronavirus infections as delta variant spreads

[Zorro]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

In the past two weeks the number of COVID-19 cases reported has nearly doubled.

The coronavirus is quickly rising again in Florida.

There were 23,697 new COVID-19 infections in Florida over the past seven-day period from July 2 to July 8, according to the weekly report released Friday by the Florida Department of Health. That’s an average of nearly 3,400 cases a day.

It’s also a 48 percent rise in COVID-19 infections — or 7,719 more infections — from the previous seven-day period from June 25 to July 1.

It’s the second consecutive jump in weekly coronavirus cases reported in Florida. In the past two weeks the number of weekly COVID-19 cases have nearly doubled from just under 12,000 cases reported from June 18 to June 24.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/07/09/florida-sees-48-percent-jump-in-weekly-coronavirus-infections-as-delta-variant-spreads/

[lamp_shade]

1. Yikes! Reason enough for me to continue masking.

[twodogsbarking]

3. I think unmasking was done too soon.

I still wear mine many places.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Yep.

Especially before waiting for far greater vaccination percentages, or some semblance of herd immunity.

I don't put all the blame on the CDC, though, I counted 19 states (all red) which had lifted their mask mandates, or never really had them beyond "recommendations", before that May 13th announcement.

[LisaL]

12. I do blame CDC.

Nearly everyone was wearing masks around here before CDC declared they are not necessary for the vaccinated.
Now hardly anyone is wearing masks. With less than 50 % vaccinated, something ain't right, since half of the people (un-vaccinated) should still be wearing them (but they are clearly not).

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. I don't put all the blame on them, but...

... that announcement certainly didn't help matters.

I think you're in Ohio too? I think the new CDC guidance only ended the statewide mask mandate here by about 4 days? It was going to end here after new cases dropped below 50 per 100k people over a 2-week period, which it did a few days after Ohio adopted the new guidelines.

And there were at least 19 red states which already ended their mask mandates before May 13th, so they obviously didn't give a damn what the CDC recommended in the first place.

Overall, though, I agree that the CDC message was bad. It turned out how many people predicted, with the anti-mask group also being the anti-vaccine group. Not to mention that wearing a mask after being vaccinated is another level of protection that shouldn't be discouraged.

[LisaL]

14. Yep, I am also in OH.

Before CDC's announcements, stores were full of masked people. Now nearly everybody is un-masked, including the store clerks.
OH is holding steady for now (covid wise) but I don't expect that to last.
We still below 50% fully vaccinated, and delta is able to break through vaccines a lot more easily than the original virus.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. I'm expecting it too.

Just looking at the CovidActNow risk-level map, the darker color (higher risk) keeps spreading from the central USA to more and more contiguous states.

[No Vested Interest]

18. I'm in Ohio as well, and heard on the evening news that the worst of the Delta variant

will go south to MS, LA, FL and to WY and ID next. It will likely get going in OH and Midwest in the fall.
I'm in the older, most vulnerable age bracket, and believe that the greatest number of my contemporaries got vaccinated soon as it was available. Men of this age had mostly been in the military, where, I understand several vaccinations were administered as soon as one was sworn in.

Still, I'm rather personally cautious, and don't do a lot of gallivanting around more because of age limitations than fear of Covid, at this time.
There's also the Lambda variant, started in Peru and now spreading throughout South America.
I believe we'll all end up taking booster shots by year's end, which is okay by me.
Do your Christmas shopping early, and get in all your yearly physical exams family events early rather than later.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Damn premature in my estimation. The infection numbers will be going up. Some Dem hoax, huh?

[patphil]

2. 4840 new cases so far today

As per worldometer:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[rurallib]

4. For several days worldometer had no numbers for Florida

Which made me think something bad was happening. And so it is.

[LisaL]

11. Florida stopped reporting covid numbers every day.

I guess their motto is "what you don't know is not going to hurt you."

[csziggy]

25. More like: "What you don't know won't hurt our re-election chances."

[Maggiemayhem]

27. I was wondering why Pa and Md have new cases but not Florida

For ,me to take these reports seriously, at least have NR . No report.

[patphil]

30. Florida has been reporting late for some time now.

If you go to the worldometer site, and down to the state of Florida:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/

You can see the only day they have no data for is July 4th.
You will have to enlarge the graph quite a bit to see the individual day data.

It's like they would really rather not report the numbers, but they really have to.
The numbers indicate a spike is forming in Florida.
I would not be surprised if it reaches 10,000 new cases per day in a week or two.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

29. More than twice as many as California or Texas, respectively. nt

[rurallib]

5. Looks like numbers across the country are rising

I fully suspect the right will jump on this as a failure of the Biden Administration.
Of course this getting sick and dying are almost all those who are refusing vaccinations.

[BigmanPigman]

6. The US increased 21% since last week.

I checked out Worldometers' "weekly trends" and many countries have over 200% increase. It is staggering.

[progree]

9. U.S.: 39% increase in 14 days. Top 15 states in per capita new cases, and rates of increase

#7 in this thread (below)

Unfortunately, California is #9 highest in percent increase (+79% increase in 14 days), though its daily new cases per 100k is still below the U.S. average

[LisaL]

10. Not surprising at all.

Get rid of masks and social distancing, open everything up, just when a highly infectious variant is starting to spread. So what will happen?
I am afraid we haven't seen nothing yet.

[progree]

7. Ranking states by daily new cases per 100k, and also by rate of increase

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

Top 15 states in order of Daily new cases per 100k population (DNCP100k), highest to lowest

Columns:

Rank,
State,
DNCP100k=Daily new cases per 100k (7 day moving average)
The 14 day percentage change (7 day moving average 7/8 vs 7 day moving average 6/24)

Rank, State, DNCP100k, 14.day.percent.change

#1 Arkansas 20 +110%
#2 Missouri 18 +44%
#3 Lousiana 14 +109%
#4 Nevada 14 +29%
#5 Wyoming 13 +21%
#6 FLORIDA 13 +74%
#7 Utah 12 +17%
#8 Mississippi 8 +91%
#9 Oklahoma 7 +49%
#10 Arizona 7 +8%
#11 Kansas 7 +116%
#12 Colorado 6 -11%
#13 Alaska 6 +22%
#14 Texas 6 +34%
#15 Alabama 6 +80%
--------------------------
U.S. average 5 +39%

Top 15 states in order of rate of increase in daily new cases, highest to lowest:

Columns:

Rank,
State,
DNCP100k=Daily new cases per 100k (7 day moving average)
The 14 day percentage change (7 day moving average 7/8 vs 7 day moving average 6/24)

Rank, State, DNCP100k, 14.day.percent.change

#1 Tennessee 4 +169%
#2 S. Carolina 4 +122%
#3 Kansas 7 +116%
#4 Nebraska 4 +111%
#5 Arkansas 20 +110%
#6 Louisiana 14 +109%
#7 Mississippi 8 +91%
#8 Alabama 6 +80%
#9 California 4 +78%
#10 FLORIDA 13 +74%
#11 Illinois 3 +71%
#12 Oklahoma 7 +49%
#13 Georgia 4 +45%
#14 Missouri 18 +44%
#15 Virginia 2 +41%
--------------------------
U.S. average 5 +39%

EDIT: The vaccination rate is at the far right column of the New York Times link above. I should add it in. I did sort the New York Times page by the vaccination rate column (lowest rate to highest rate) and it sure looked a lot like the first table above.

[BigmanPigman]

17. Good links...Thanks!

[IronLionZion]

19. Looks like it's increasing in rural red counties

Not good for a state where people like to gather indoors for air conditioning. The unvaccinated going on cruises won't help.

[C Moon]

21. Put the blame where it belongs: on those who refuse to vaccinate and those who push not to vax.

Not the CDC for unmasking everyone when the numbers were dropping as all the level headed and intelligent folks were vaccinating.

[nitpicker]

22. And that's just the residents

Must'nt scare the tourists away, oh no...

[LisaL]

23. Yep.

A large number of infected (tourists) are getting back to their home states and testing positive there. So Florida makes them and ships them out.

[AnnetteChaffee]

24. I have never changed my habit

Since COVID started, I still mask, sanitize, glove up and keep my distance. I have never trusted that this is over and I think that people are so excited to see a normal life in their future that they are moving too fast and taking too many risks. this thing is not going to go away any time soon as long as people have a choice in whether they get the vaccine or not.

There are vaccines that we MUST have - its just a part of our life. Very few can get away with not getting them, but for the most part, we know that part of LIFE is that we get our vaccinations - that is why we no longer have polio, measles, mumps, rubella, etc. I have heard that we cannot do this until the FDA gives the final approval - what's taking so long?

Its like smoking - when it became LAW that someone was no longer able to blow their cancer vapors at you while you were eating in a restaurant, the smokers threw a fit, kicked and screamed about "their" rights, but it was the law, eventually they accepted it and now I can eat without choking or worrying about getting cancer from someone who chooses to end their life early. It will be the same with this vaccine - JUST DO IT. Make it mandatory and the disease will eventually go the way of polio. And to be honest, I'm not a fan of vaccines - if I could not get them I would not, however it sure beats early suffering and death.

Until then, I mask, sanitize, glove up and stay 6 feet away from people not in my immediate family or friends group - who I know are vaccinated.

Annette - vaccinated, but watching people who are vaccinated and who are still getting COVID, so I'm taking no chances.

[Rebl2]

26. Big surprise

You had to know once they removed mask mandates Covid numbers would rise. There is a church a couple doors down from me and they have multiple families who have had Covid recently including my next door neighbors, and yes they go to that church.

[LisaL]

28. Mask mandates removed, everything is opening up, travel is up,

and delta is spreading. What could go wrong?