Florida recorded 112 deaths Wednesday, the third time in the past seven days it has reported more than 100 – a mark that had only been topped once before last week
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The state recorded 112 deaths Wednesday, the third time in the past seven days it has reported more than 100 – a mark that had only been topped once before last week. The state has now recorded 4,626 COVID-19 deaths.Florida’s rolling seven-day average for deaths is now 92 per day, triple the 31 posted a month ago, just before the toll began creeping up and then exploding last week. Hospitals reported Wednesday morning that they are treating 8,276 coronavirus patients, a jump of 84 from Tuesday.
Still, he has been criticized for refusing to issue a statewide order requiring masks in public places. He says that should be left to local officials because some counties, such as Miami-Dade, are more hard hit than more rural, less-populated counties, which have few cases. Several counties and cities now require masks.
Meanwhile, some hospitals say they are running out of beds, particularly in South Florida. Dr. Nicholas Namias, chief of trauma and surgical care at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, one of the state’s largest, said converting regular rooms into COVID-19 rooms requires them to have negative airflow to prevent the virus’s spread. Barring that, hospitals at least need to have the capability to isolate patients.
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