Four hospitals in the Tampa area were at full capacity in the Intensive Care Unit over the weekend, as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida continued to rise.
Palms of Pasadena Hospital, St. Petersburg General Hospital, Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater and AdventHealth North Pinellas in Tarpon Springs had no ICU beds available on Saturday, the Tampa Bay Times reported, citing data collected by the Agency for the Health Care Administration.
Other hospitals were approaching capacity. Northside Hospital in Saint Petersburg had only 3 percent of its ICU beds available, Mease Dunedin Hospital had only 5 percent available, and both St. Anthony Hospital in Saint Petersburg and Long Medical Center had 13 per percent available, according to the newspaper.
Florida reported 11,458 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, breaking the single-day record the state set for new cases last Thursday. The state reported 10,059 additional new cases on Sunday, with a total of 200,111 coronavirus cases and 3,731 deaths statewide, according to data reported by the health department.
Florida is among several states, primarily in the south and west, that experience sudden increases in coronavirus cases.
Unlike other governors who have halted reopening plans or re-imposed restrictions, the governor. Ron DeSantis
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“We are not going back, closing things,” he said. “I don’t think that’s really what drives it. People who go to a business are not what drives it. I think when you see the younger ones, I think a lot of this is more just social interactions, so that’s natural. ”
An official with the Agency for Health Care Administration was not immediately available for comment.
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