TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Nearly 2,500 people were hospitalized Monday in Florida with “primary” diagnoses of COVID-19, as the total has increased in recent weeks.
As of a Monday afternoon count, 2,474 people were hospitalized with primary diagnoses of the virus, according to numbers posted on the state Agency for Health Care Administration website.
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While hospitalization numbers fluctuate daily, the number reported Monday was more than 200 higher than on any of the four previous Mondays. On Oct. 26, the total was 2,252; on Oct. 19, it was 2,052; on Oct. 12, it was 2,206; and on Oct. 5, it was 2,106, according to numbers compiled each day by The News Service of Florida from the state website.
Miami-Dade County had 332 people hospitalized Monday with primary diagnoses of COVID-19, the largest number in the state. It was followed by Broward County, with 239; Hillsborough County, with 174; Palm Beach County, with 153; Orange County, with 149; Duval County, with 135; and Pinellas County, with 127, the state numbers show.