Florida on Saturday reached a total of 2 million coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic, according to data from the Florida Department of Health.
The Sunshine State reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus infections recorded on Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 2,004,362 cases on Saturday.
Of the cumulative cases, about 1.9 million Florida residents tested positive, while 36,990 non-residents tested positive for the disease in the state.
Florida also recorded 32,713 cumulative deaths among residents as of Saturday and 624 deaths of non-residents.
Florida is now the third state to exceed the limit of 2 million coronavirus infections.
California was the first to reach the dismal milestone in December, and now logged in over 3.5 million cumulative infections.
Texas reached 2 million cases in January, and currently, the state has a total of 2.3 million infections.
But in the midst of these gloomy statistics, 4,819,429 people in Florida have received doses of vaccines so far. Of that number, 2.1 million received a dose of the two-dose regimen from Pfizer or Moderna.
Another 2.5 million were fully vaccinated with vaccines from Pfizer or Moderna, while another 145,000 received the unique vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.
Overall, coronavirus infections have declined in the United States in the past two months. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the current seven-day average of new cases is 53,200, a decrease from the highest peak of 249,389 on January 11.
The CDC also reported on saturday that 16.7 percent of the adult population was fully vaccinated against COVID-19, which represents about 1 in 6 adults.