RELATED: Central Florida’s largest hospitals out of ICU beds but say they can scale up if COVID-19 demand increasesThe numbers come at the end of a grim, record-breaking week as Florida reported 514 fatalities — an average of 73 per day.
Three weeks ago, the state was averaging 30 deaths per day. Since the pandemic began in March, 4,346 people have died in Florida of COVID-19, the state says.According to the AHCA database, as of Friday evening, there are 7,507 coronavirus patients in hospitals across the state.
According to the DOH, 18,271 have received hospital care due to the virus.The data shows Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties have the highest numbers of current COVID-19 patients.In Central Florida, Orange County has 542.