TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – The variety of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 has elevated practically 17 p.c this week, in line with knowledge launched Thursday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The knowledge confirmed 2,352 inpatients with COVID-19, up from 2,018 in a Monday rely. Also, the info confirmed 212 COVID-19 sufferers in intensive-care items, up from 158 on Monday.
Numbers of COVID-19 circumstances and hospitalizations have steadily elevated in latest weeks, as variants of the coronavirus have developed and unfold. The numbers, nonetheless, stay considerably decrease than early within the yr, when the extremely contagious omicron variant swept throughout the state.
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