Florida reports record surge in Covid cases

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Florida’s surge in cases — an increase of 15,300 — was bigger than single-day records recorded in California, Texas and New York

, all of which were less than 12,000. It was a 6% jump compared with a 4.8% average over the last week. The proportion of positive tests in Florida declined to 11.2% from 12.5% a day earlier, according to the state health department.

“We have reached capacity in some, but we also have reserve space,” he said. “We have another 1,200 beds that we can crank out pretty fast for critical care beds. We have another 500 ICU beds that we can crank up.”

 

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