Florida’s hospitals are filling up again with COVID patients, and doctors fear coronavirus variants could be behind the uptick. The number of patients hospitalized with the disease has been h…
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Florida’s hospitals are filling up again with COVID patients, and doctors fear coronavirus variants could be behind the uptick.
The number of patients hospitalized with the disease has been heading upward all month, even with a fourth of Floridians fully vaccinated and 2 million who already had COVID.
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For a few weeks in March, South Florida hospital workers took a breath and thought the state was on the right track. But in April, the situation shifted again. As of Friday morning, about 3,500 people were hospitalized for COVID in Florida, a 16% increase from April 1. Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties lead the state in COVID hospitalizations, reporting a 12% increase from April 1.