Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations decrease

Tallahassee, Florida – According to data posted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 was down slightly Tuesday from a week earlier.
The data showed that 10,893 inpatients had COVID-19, down from 11,078 a week earlier.
Also, 1,461 COVID-19 patients were in intensive-care units, up from 1,382 a week earlier.
As the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus spread through the state, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased dramatically over the past month.