what else is being done in florida as these cases spike? well, jessjessica, a lot of l municipalities are trying to take it into their own hands. they re trying to request a mask mandate. they re suggesting people wear masks but it s very difficult for them to mandate here because the governor ron desantis is very strongly against any type of statewide mask mandate. he doesn t want people who might violate any type of mask mandate on the local level to be fined. so it s very difficult. all of this happening as we re seeing this surge, more than 110,000 cases here in florida in the last week. the daily average, 15,818 cases. and just yesterday, jessica, we set a record for the most cases in a single day since the pandemic began. 21,683 cases in the state of florida. right now if you look at cases across the u.s., 19.2% of all of those cases are right here in the state of florida. mostly here in south florida.
if you look at how florida stacks up across the country, 19.2 % of all the cases in the u.s. are here in the state of florida. mostly in south florida where we are. also florida is seeing the highest average number of new cases they ve seen since january. when the pandemic was quite bad here. and the number of vaccinated right now still not half the state is vaccinated. we have 49% of the people in the state of florida who are fully vaccinated. and many of the unvaccinated are ending up in the icu. i was on a covid ward in jacksonville, recently. i visited baptist medical center and spoke to patients who didn t get the vaccine who were struggling to brooelt and full of regret. here s a conversation with one of them. you were more concerned about the vaccine than the disease. and now you say you regret it? exactly. that s right. reporter: you wish you had gotten the vaccine? yes. reporter: you probably wouldn t be here.
numbers but also the latest order from desantis and what it all means. well, first, phil, the numbers. and they are staggering. in the last week, we have seen more than 110,000 cases here in the state of florida of covid. and also the daily average now is 15,818. so that s what we re seeing on a daily basis. and just yesterday, here we are, this deep into the pandemic. just yesterday we set a record. the most cases in a single day here in the state of florida. 21,683. if you look at how florida s contributing to the cases around the country, 19.2% of all new covid cases around the country are right here in the state of florida. we are seeing numbers that we saw on average back in mid-january when it was really bad here in the state. and also florida is not yet 50% vaccinated. half the population isn t even vaccinated here, fully vaccinated at least. 49% of floridians are vaccinated. and those are the people, the people who are unvaccinated are
in 5 of all cases in the country. randi kaye is in riviera beach. how are they dealing with a spike? reporter: they are trying to keep up. more than 110,000 cases in the state of florida. 1800 cases per day. in july of 2020, 15,000 cases on july 12th in 2020. here we are again talking about the same number of cases per day. if you look at yesterday here in the state, we actually set a record for the most new cases in a single day since the pandemic began, 21,683 new cases. in terms of the numbers and percentages of florida compared to the rest of the country, 19.2% of all the covid cases
they are still saying no restrictions and no mandates despite the surge that we are seeing in the state of florida in the last week more than 110,000 cases. the dayty average for new cases right now is 15,818. and jessica, just yesterday we set a record for the most new cases in a single day since the pandemic began here in the state of florida yesterday we saw 21,683 new cases. so 19% 19.2 % of all new cases in the country reported around the country last week are coming from here in the state of florida. mostly here in south florida. and right now florida is seeing the highest average number of new cases since mid january. in terms of who is vaccinated, about 49% of floridians are vaccinated. still less than half the people in florida are vaccinated. many of the people are ending up in emergency rooms, in icu wards. i visited a covid ward in