In December, Florida climbed in the per-capita rankings for new cases over the past seven days. As of Monday, Florida ranks fifth among states with a daily average of 201 cases per 100,000 population. COVID-related death reports have remained relatively low during the omicron surge, and Florida ranks second-to-last among other states with a 7-day average of 0.09 deaths a day per 100,000 population. Alaska has the lowest average daily death rate with 0.07 per 100,000 population.