Volusia County’s new Covid-19 cases continued to decline in the past two weeks with 1,915 compared to 2,547 cases in the previous two weeks, the Aug. 26 report of the Florida Department of Health shows.
The department issues reports on Covid-19 every two weeks, but only gives statistics for one week. The new cases number in this report is based on subtracting the report from two weeks ago from the latest one. New cases have been on the rise for the past two months.
For the week of Aug. 19-25, case positivity was at 16.9% in Volusia compared to 18.6% in the last report. The state doesn’t give the number of people tested.
Volusia has had total cases of 139,958. The number of deaths is at 2,112, according to the Centers of Disease Control, up 14 from the previous Hometown News report. There were 358,981 or 63% of Volusia residents vaccinated as the state started using new census numbers showing the county with a population of 571,181.
The CDC estimates 6.8% of the hospital beds and 6% of the ICU beds in Volusia are being used for patients with Covid-19. It dropped the threat level in Volusia from high to medium. The CDC’s current advice for Volusia residents is to stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccines. Get tested if you have symptoms. Wear a mask if you have symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with Covid-19. Wear a mask on public transportation. You may choose to wear a mask at any time as an additional precaution to protect yourself and others.
People should avoid going to the Emergency Room just for a Covid-19 test. The state offers a statewide listing of places to get tested at https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/testing-sites/.
There are free testing sites in Daytona Beach, Deltona and New Smyrna Beach as well as at Florida Health Department clinics. For testing sites, check out Hometown News Health Notes at https://www.hometownnewsvolusia.com/news/health-notes-feb-25-2022/article_8f901b44-8f67-11ec-8eeb-eb474733356c.html.
Statewide there have been 6,998,961, up 89,545 in the past two weeks. There were 15,999,823 Florida residents vaccinated for 72%.
For more information about the Covid-19 pandemic in Florida, visit floridahealthcovid19.gov.
