ICU beds in short supply across Florida as state struggles with coronavirus spike

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Less than 25% of hospital beds are available for ICU patients in Florida as the state grapples with a spike in coronavirus cases, data shows.

According to the same data, 26 hospitals throughout Florida had no available ICU capacity. Miami-Dade, the state's most populous county, had three hospitals with 0 percent availability.biggest single-day spike ofNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’ll be conferring with his public health experts and consider calls for a two-week quarantine against Floridians coming into his state.

Back at the start of pandemic in March, when New York City and the state were fully in the grips of the pandemic, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered that visitors from those hard hit regions had to"They were afraid that New Yorkers would being the virus to their state," Cuomo told reporters on Thursday."Fast forward 100 days, now we're afraid they're bringing the virus to our state.""Who would believe this 180 turnaround?" he said.

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