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Florida COVID-19 adult hospitalizations below 1,000 for first time since December -- but cases are up

A man is tested for COVID-19, at a walk-up testing site run by Nomi Health, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in downtown Miami. Officials in Miami-Dade County have opened two new coronavirus testing sites and extended hours at Zoo Miami in response to an increased demand. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (Rebecca Blackwell, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida just dipped below 1,000 adult COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time since the early days of the Omicron variant.

In the latest data report from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, there were 941 adults in Florida hospitals with COVID-19.

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It’s the first time that number is below 1,000 since the December 6 report -- when there were 973 hospitalizations.

It almost hit the mark on Tuesday, at 1,001 hospitalizations.

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As of Wednesday, there are 157 adults with COVID-19 in the ICU and 22 pediatric patients with COVID-19, across the state.

Although hospitalizations are down, cases are up.

According to Wednesday’s data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Florida reported 2,010 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.

The three previous days all had fewer than 1,000 cases each. Florida hasn’t reported more than 2,000 cases in a single day since March 2 when there were 2,322 new cases.

For the past week, the rolling seven-day average for new cases has been between 1,100 and 1,200 cases a day – but Wednesday, following the latest report, it increased to 1,243.


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