Florida COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue To Rise
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - The number of patients in Florida hospitals with COVID-19, and patients needing intensive care, continues to increase.
Data posted Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed that 11,378 Florida inpatients had COVID-19, up from a reported 11,078 on Tuesday and 9,888 on Monday.
Also, the data Wednesday showed 1,446 COVID-19 patients in intensive-care units, up from a reported 1,382 patients on Tuesday and 1,158 on Monday.
Hospitalizations have soared as the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has spread across the state.
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