TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 has dropped below 5,000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday.
Data released by the department showed 4,920 Florida inpatients had COVID-19, down from 5,208 on Wednesday, 5,336 on Tuesday and 5,502 on Monday.
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Also, the new data showed that 813 COVID-19 patients were in intensive-care units, down from 855 on Wednesday.
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Hospitalizations surged in December and early January as the highly contagious omicron variant spread throughout Florida. But case numbers have steadily fallen in recent weeks.
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