Continuing Coverage: COVID-19 in the Big Bend

Below you can find the number of coronavirus cases in our local counties across the Big Bend. This story will be updated with new information daily.

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As of its 9:30 a.m. update on Wednesday, the Florida Department of Health is reporting 2,999,596 cases of COVID-19 statewide.

Additionally, FDOH says there are 36,999 coronavirus deaths in the state.

The current one-day statewide positivity rate sits at 4.16% on the latest update.

Below is the number of cases reported by the FDOH in our local counties.

• Calhoun - 1,700 (57 hospitalizations, 45 deaths)
• Franklin - 1,347 (39 hospitalizations, 20 deaths)
• Gadsden - 5,738 (425 hospitalizations, 99 deaths)
• Hamilton - 1,634 (82 hospitalizations, 25 deaths)
• Jackson - 6,254 (364 hospitalizations, 157 deaths)
• Jefferson - 1,503 (83 hospitalizations, 28 deaths)
• Lafayette - 1,622 (50 hospitalizations, 26 deaths)
• Leon - 32,468 (710 hospitalized, 324 deaths)
• Liberty - 1,078 (24 hospitalizations, 16 deaths)
• Madison - 2,078 (88 hospitalizations, 45 deaths)
• Suwannee - 5,367 (323 hospitalizations, 138 deaths)
• Taylor - 2,746 (100 hospitalizations, 47 deaths)
• Wakulla - 3,498 (171 hospitalizations, 56 deaths)

According to FDOH’s Wednesday, May 19 vaccine report, more than 16.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to more than 9.7 million people across the state.

Below is the number of people vaccinated in our local counties:

• Calhoun - 3,442 people vaccinated (834 first doses, 2,608 completed series)
• Franklin - 4,263 people vaccinated (759 first doses, 3,504 completed series)
• Gadsden - 17,729 people vaccinated (2,730 first doses, 14,999 completed series)
• Hamilton - 3,288 people vaccinated (409 first doses, 2,879 completed series)
• Jackson - 13,660 people vaccinated (2,205 first doses, 11,455 completed series)
• Jefferson - 5,356 people vaccinated (939 first doses, 4,417 completed series)
• Lafayette - 2,402 people vaccinated (387 first doses, 2,015 completed series)
• Leon - 120,046 people vaccinated (19,707 first doses, 100,339 completed series)
• Liberty - 2,063 people vaccinated (659 first doses, 1,404 completed series)
• Madison - 5,736 people vaccinated (998 first doses, 4,738 completed series)
• Suwannee - 10,566 people vaccinated (1,823 first doses, 8,743 completed series)
• Taylor - 6,013 people vaccinated (1,223 first doses, 4,790 completed series)
• Wakulla - 11,215 people vaccinated (2,546 first doses, 8,669 completed series)