Florida COVID-19 Hospitalizations Top 3,100

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – The fig of radical successful Florida hospitals with COVID-19 jumped to much than 3,100, according to information reported Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The information showed that 3,148 inpatients had COVID-19, up from a reported 2,406 connected Monday.

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The summation came arsenic Florida has seen a surge successful COVID-19 cases this month, astatine slightest successful portion spurred by the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus.

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The national information besides showed that 382 COVID-19 patients were successful intensive-care units, up from 325 connected Monday.

While hospitalization numbers person accrued successful December, they stay acold beneath the totals this summer, erstwhile the delta variant of the coronavirus dispersed done the state. For instance, Florida had 15,177 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 connected Sept. 1, according to national data.

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