Florida reports more than 8,700 new COVID-19 cases, 156 virus-related deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials said the state added 8,720 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

The new cases bring the state’s total number of cases to 1,658,169.

Orange County reported the largest increase with 652 new cases.

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On Monday, Florida also reported 156 additional virus-related deaths, bringing the state’s death toll for residents and non-residents to 25,849.

Osceola County saw the largest increase in coronavirus-related deaths, adding nine since Sunday.

The increases in cases and deaths come as vaccine appointments remain hard to come by across the state.

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Several COVID-19 vaccination providers have been forced to cancel appointments in the last week because of delayed delivery of doses of the vaccine.

While most of those who had their appointment canceled were set to get their first dose of the vaccine, the cancellations are also concerning for those who are coming up on the scheduled date for their second dose.

What happens if you can’t get the second dose of the vaccine within the manufacturer’s prescribed time frame due to a delay in delivery of the vaccine?

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While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the second dose of the vaccine be administered on schedule, the agency says that if that can’t happen, then the second dose can be given up to 42 days after the first. The CDC reports that there is not enough data to determine if the efficacy rate remains at the original level after 42 days.

“The second dose should be administered as close to the recommended interval as possible,” the CDC said in a statement. “However, if it is not feasible to adhere to the recommended interval, the second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines may be scheduled for administration up to 6 weeks (42 days) after the first dose.”

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See a county-by-county breakdown of total (and new) cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide:

Orange: CASES: 99,143 (+652), DEATHS: 895 (+1)

Polk: CASES: 48,371 (+252), DEATHS: 929 (0)

Osceola: CASES: 32,427 (+154), DEATHS: 343 (+9)

Volusia: CASES: 29,371 (+126), DEATHS: 497 (0)

Brevard: CASES: 27,971 (+234), DEATHS: 615 (+2)

Marion: CASES: 23,496 (+106), DEATHS: 569 (+7)

Seminole: CASES: 23,195 (+107), DEATHS: 358 (+5)

Lake: CASES: 20,797 (+133), DEATHS: 387 (+1)

Sumter: CASES: 6,777 (+27), DEATHS: 169 (0)

Flagler: CASES: 5,020 (+28), DEATHS: 60 (0)