2022 E-Insights Report

Key Insights on COVID-19 Related Measures

The Tampa Bay MSA, along with other Florida MSAs, experienced a huge increase in the COVID-19 incidence rate in August 2021. The Tampa Bay MSA registered the highest COVID-19 incidence rate among all comparison MSAs in August 2021.

The COVID-19 ICU bed utilization rate peaked for all the MSAs in the months of January and September 2021. The Tampa Bay region’s COVID-19 ICU bed utilization rate was the lowest among Florida MSAs. Jacksonville experienced the highest COVID-19 ICU bed utilization rate among all the comparison MSAs at the beginning of September 2021.

In terms of vaccination rates, The Tampa Bay region ranks third among the four Florida MSAs.