Five Covid deaths reported Monday in Pinellas County
November 23, 2020 - Covid-19 has claimed five more lives in Pinellas County, according to a new report from the Florida Department of Health. The most recent five deaths bring the county’s cumulative total to 872 deaths since the outbreak began in March, the state health department said. Pinellas County has a cumulative total of 31,137 cases of Covid-19, including 259 new cases reported Monday. About 3 in every 100 people in Pinellas County have been infected, state statistics indicate. As of Monday afternoon, 183 people were hospitalized in Pinellas County with a primary diagnosis of Covid-19. About 31 percent of the hospital beds in Pinellas County and 23 percent of the intensive care beds remain available as of Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. The county’s positivity rate – or the percent of people who take a Covid test and test positive – has averaged 5.9 percent over the past two weeks.