After recording the largest number of new cases each day since the beginning of the pandemic, Florida The previous record of current hospitalization was broken on Sunday because of the number of patients in the hospital Coronavirus disease Break through the threshold of one thousand people again.
According to data reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 10,207 people in the Sunshine State were hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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According to data from the Florida Hospital Association, the previous record was more than a year ago on July 23, 2020, which is more than half a year before the vaccine began to spread, when 10,170 people were hospitalized in Florida.
Florida now leads the country in COVID-19 hospitalization rates per capita, as hospitals across the state report having to place emergency room visitors on corridor beds, while other hospitals have recorded a significant decline in the age of patients.
In the past week, Florida has hospitalized an average of 1,525 adults every day and 35 children every day. According to Jason Salemi, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida, both countries have the highest per capita incidence rates in the country.
As the new, more transmissible delta variant spreads in Florida, residents have returned to pre-pandemic activities, and hospitalizations and cases continue to increase.
“The recent rise is astonishing and not surprising,” Salimi said in an email late Saturday.
Federal health data released on Saturday showed that Florida has reported 21,683 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day total in the state since the pandemic began. The latest figures were recorded on Friday and published on the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday. These figures show the rate of increase in the number of cases in the Sunshine State: just one day ago, Florida reported 17,093 new cases every day.
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis rejected the mandatory use of masks and vaccine requirements and worked with the state legislature to restrict the ability of local officials to implement restrictions designed to stop the spread of COVID-19. DeSantis banned the school district from requiring students to wear masks when classes resume next month.
The hospital is overwhelmed
Throughout Florida, from Jacksonville to Miami to Tampa, hospitals have been overwhelmed.
Pinellas County Administrator Barry Burton told the Tampa Bay Times that some local hospitals have had to move ambulances to different locations due to capacity issues.
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The number of children infected with the virus in Miami Hospital has increased alarmingly, and many of them require intensive care.
The Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital at the Hollywood Memorial Health Center has 7 COVID-19 patients. Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcos Mestre told the Miami Herald that there were 17 COVID-19 patients at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami on Friday, of which 6 were in the ICU and 1 needed a ventilator.
Meister said that about half of the patients are under 12 years old, and the rest are older and eligible for the vaccine. None of the COVID-19 patients at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital were vaccinated on Friday. Mestre said that most children infected with COVID-19 do not need to be hospitalized.
In the emergency room of UF Health North Hospital in Jacksonville, COVID-19 patients were again placed on beds in the corridor due to the surge in the number of doctors.
For many hospital staff, there seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel until a month ago, because people were vaccinated and the number of hospitalizations decreased. But then a summer surge driven by a new delta variant hit Florida in July.
“In this case, that light is indeed a train,” UF Health North’s care manager Marsha Tittle told the Florida Times League. “We see more patients than usual. ……My staff are great. You go out, they will have a smile on their faces, and they are doing well. But there is a sense of failure, just like they Just like I was defeated.”
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