The healthcare system operating the largest hospital in central Florida is moving to limit visitations and push back elective procedures after dealing with what appears to be its biggest Covid patient surge throughout the pandemic, driven by the rapidly spreading Delta variant that’s made Florida a national hot spot.
Neil Finkler, the chief clinical officer of central Florida’s AdventHealth, said at a briefing Thursday that there are about 720 patients hospitalized, with that number quickly approaching the January peak of around 900.
That’s a substantial increase from the 430 hospitalized one week ago, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Florida is leading the way nationally in new Covid cases, according to the White House, which reported Thursday that the state is accounting for about one in five of all new Covid cases in the United States.
A New York Times tracker shows Florida is now averaging more than 8,000 new cases a day, which is the most since early February—a time when most Americans were not eligible for vaccinations.
94%. That’s the percentage of those hospitalized at AdventHealth who are not vaccinated for Covid-19, the Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday.
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