Coronavirus positives in Bradenton and Hillsborough Counties (Miami, Sarasota: recruit, teaching)

[wondermint2]

Today's Florida Covid Hospitalizations

https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1484516661982081024

"Florida
(More data later today)

Hospital census (11,468) down 1% from yesterday AND from week prior.

ICU census (1601) up 10% from week prior; unchanged since yesterday.

Plateau. Expecting census to begin falling over weekend."

[wondermint2]

There's an Omicron sub-variant called BA.2 that appears to be causing some problems around the world. Particularly in Denmark.

And unlike the so-called "deltacron" variant that turned out not be real (because it was due to contamination during sequencing) - BA.2 is definitively real. However the question that scientists are currently debating is how much of a problem BA.2 might cause.

I've been reading that it could be slightly more transmissible than BA.1 (the original Omicron variant) but not any more virulent. What's a bit troubling is that some scientists are saying that people recently infected with BA.1 are vulnerable to reinfection with BA.2. If true this could prolong the Omicron wave.

This still needs to be studied further to draw definitive conclusions. I'll post some links with good information for people that want to read more about it.


UK designates Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 as 'variant under investigation'

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.liv...781608876.html

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https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/statu...68659420094464

"As its been getting increasing attention recently, I'm going to write a short thread on what we currently know about BA.2.
-what is BA.2?
-what is BA.2 doing currently?
-Should we be concerned about it?"

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The following is a good thread on GitHub because a lot of scientists/experts chime in about BA.2 giving stats and their opinions:

https://github.com/cov-lineages/pang...ion/issues/390

[wondermint2]

https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1484657667322830848

"Weekly Florida report.

Positive rate is down to 26.8%

605 deaths reported in week (86 deaths per day, by date of report).

All consistent with improvement. Expect that deaths will plateau/peak during next week."

[wondermint2]

Originally Posted by wondermint2

The FDOH released their weekly report this evening. Sarasota & Manatee Counties continued to see a slowing down in the expansion of cases and the test positivity ratios. These metrics are still expanding in our area (havent turned down yet) - but we're getting close to a top as the rate of expansion is decreasing.

For the week of Jan. 7th - 13th

http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_pa...ata_latest.pdf

Manatee County

Cases = 5423 (an increase of 18.79% from the previous week's cases of 4565)

Test Positivity Ratio = 27.2% (an increase 0f 1.4% from the previous week)

Sarasota County

Cases = 6089 (an increase of 21.53% from the previous week's cases of 5010)

Test Positivity Ratio = 25.9% (an increase of 2.8% from the previous week)

The FDOH released their weekly report this evening. Cases have peaked in both Sarasota & Manatee Counties - although the weekly declines were relatively minor.

http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_pa...ata_latest.pdf

For the week of Jan. 14 - 20

Manatee County

Cases = 4526 (a decrease of 16.54% from the previous week's cases of 5423)

Test Positivity Ratio = 26.2% (a decrease of 1.0% from the previous week)

Sarasota County

Cases = 5447 (a decrease of 10.54% from the previous week's cases of 6089)

Test Positivity Ratio = 24.9% (a decrease of 1.0% from the previous week)

[macyny]

Wondermint2, thank you for all your work. It is so helpful!

Jane

[gosouth01]

Originally Posted by macyny

Wondermint2, thank you for all your work. It is so helpful!

Jane

[wondermint2]

Sarasota Memorial Hospital doesn't report over the weekend. So hopefully tomorrow their update will show that their trend is following Florida lower.

https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1485262520717910025

"More good news out of Florida!

Hospital census (10,636): down 6% from yesterday; down 6% from 1 week prior.

ICU census (1480): Down 9% from yesterday; down 1% from 1 week prior.

Cases dramatically lower; Hospitalizations beginning descent. Deaths(reporting) will peak/plateau this week."

[wondermint2]

Originally Posted by wondermint2

Sarasota Memorial Hospital doesn't report over the weekend. So hopefully tomorrow their update will show that their trend is following Florida lower.

https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1485262520717910025

"More good news out of Florida!

Hospital census (10,636): down 6% from yesterday; down 6% from 1 week prior.

ICU census (1480): Down 9% from yesterday; down 1% from 1 week prior.

Cases dramatically lower; Hospitalizations beginning descent. Deaths(reporting) will peak/plateau this week."

https://twitter.com/JustTheFacts37/s...70415341723649

"Given that Sunday is typically a low tide reporting day, the week to week comps are more relevant, and also show a decreasing trend

ICU totals probably go back up by Tue, but peak there looks like it will stay at ~1600 or below

Delta wave was >3600, and likely capacity restricted"

[beach43ofus]

We are at a much better place now than before. We have more people vaccinated, we have better testing, better therapeudics, better info on transmission, masking, distancing, ect..

People are ready to get on with their lives. Most are willing to take proper precautions to do so.

It will take decades to regain confidence in our gov't entities who are charged with protecting us from pandemics. Most would agree that there have been too many failures, too much dis-information, & too much politicalization of this tragic event.

I hope government has learned from all their mistakes. I hope the private sector healthcare industry has also learned.

IMHO, the residents in our forum area outperformed both government, AND private industry, on covid response.

[wondermint2]

IMO today's SMH update was a bit disappointing - (considering that Florida cases have been declining rapidly and Florida hospitalizations are at a plateau and have been starting to decline).

The test positivity rate at SMH has been trending lower but still very high at 21.7%. Also there were 9 more Covid deaths since Friday.

I still think we are very near a plateau. There were 111 Covid admissions since Friday - but because the hospital stays are shorter compared to the Delta wave the SMH Covid census only increased by 20 (since Friday). Still the hospital census of 221 is a record for this Omicron wave.

Today's Update from Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Sarasota & Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice
COVID-19 Patient Update
Includes hospitalized patients who are positive for COVID-19 and those cleared of infection but still hospitalized at SMH facilities.

Total COVID inpatients today: 221 (215 yesterday) (201 Friday)
COVID patients in ICU: 26 (28 yesterday) (25 Friday)
% Unvaccinated Inpatients*: 63% (updated weekly on Wednesdays)

* We categorize patients as “vaccinated” once they have received the required primary dose(s) of a COVID-19 vaccine and 2 weeks have passed since the final dose. At this time, we do not require that patients have booster doses to be categorized as fully vaccinated. An increase in break-through infections is expected as the Omicron variant spreads and immunity wanes among those who are high-risk and those who have not yet gotten a booster dose. COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots are still the most effective method in preventing severe illness and hospitalization.


COVID-19 Test Results
SMH positivity rate: 21.7% (22% for week ending Jan. 21, 2022)

Cumulative COVID-19 Cases:
Total number of patients treated since outbreak began.
Patient admissions: 5,691 (5,662 yesterday) (5580 on Friday)
Patient deaths: 571 (568 yesterday) (562 on Friday)

source:
https://www.smh.com/Home/News-Events...ly-news-update