MIAMI - While announcing the completion of a Florida Everglades project, Governor Ron DeSantis addressed the surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the state.He acknowledged the rise in hospitalizations two days after Florida broke a previous record for current hospitalizations.
The HHS reports 11,863 inpatient beds across Florida are being used for COVID-19 patients as of Monday’s data. That’s an increase of 1,656 since Sunday.
The data is used by the Florida Hospital Association to track admissions and staffing shortages. The figures also show 2,400 of those patients are in ICU beds.The previous day, the data showed there were 10,389 COVID-hospitalizations in the state."We are watching the CLI -- that is plateauing," he said.