
Florida hospitals have reported record COVID admissions in the last few days. There were 12,408 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida on Wednesday, breaking the state’s hospitalization record for the third day in a row, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. About a fifth of those hospitalized — 2,494 people — are in intensive care, occupying nearly 39% of Florida’s ICU hospital beds.