There were 3,257 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to a Friday report by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which compiled data from 255 Florida hospitals.
The number of hospitalized COVID patients dropped by 96 from Thursday’s report. This continues a trend of decreasing hospitalizations.
COVID-19 patients occupied 5.83% of all inpatient beds in Friday’s report, compared to 6% in Thursday’s report.
Of the people hospitalized in Florida, 896 people were in intensive care unit beds, a decrease of 29. That represents about 14.05% of the state’s ICU hospital beds, compared to 14.55% from Thursday’s report.
Here is an anecdotal story for you...
A county (pop. 425,000) government has an IT Department of six people, all under the age of 60.
In June, five of the six IT staff members became ill with Covid. Four of the six people were hospitalized with Covid. Two of the six people died. One of the deaths occurred at home. One of the deaths occurred in the hospital. Three of the hospitalized people with Covid were eventually discharged home to continue recovering from Covid.
Five of six employees in one IT Department. The department was decimated for weeks while five of six full time employee positions were out of service.
One employee did not get Covid. This was the only employee who had been vaccinated in the IT Department. This employee was left to do the work of six people until more could be hired to fill in for the five positions with employees who were too ill or dead.
The costs of Covid are greater than the two employees who died. Three other IT staff members were unable to work for weeks while they were hospitalized, subsequently recovering at home after discharge.