The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 has dropped below 7,000 after a surge caused by the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted data Thursday that showed 6,741 Florida inpatients had COVID-19, down from 7,129 on Wednesday.
The data also showed that 1,043 COVID-19 patients were in intensive-care units, down from 1,109 on Wednesday. Hospitalizations spiked in December and early January as the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus spread through the state.
But as new cases have decreased in recent weeks, the numbers of people hospitalized also have gone down.
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