Third of Florida Counties Have Less Than 10 ICU Beds Left Amid COVID-19 Surge

As novel coronavirus cases in Florida continue to soar, 49 hospitals across the state have reached full intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity. That's according to the latest report from Florida's Agency For Health Care Administration.

The ICUs in at least three Florida counties—Nassau, Okeechobee and Putnam—were said to have reached full bed capacity.

A total of 971 ICU beds were reported to be available across the state, nearly 16 percent of the state's total number of ICU beds, as of Thursday.

More than a third (23) of Florida's 67 counties were reported to have less than 10 ICU beds available.

Eight hospitals in Miami-Dade, the state's most populous county, were reported to have hit full ICU bed capacity, with only around 15 percent of their total ICU beds available.

Hospitalizations in Florida have reached at least 19,334, according to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health.

Earlier this week, daily new cases in Florida, whose residents form about seven percent of the total U.S. population, were reported to make up nearly 25 percent of the country's total daily case count.

Over a quarter of the state's total cases are in Miami-Dade County, which has seen 72,317 confirmed infections to date.

The number of active cases in Florida began to rise on a sharper incline from about mid-June. Several reopened bars in Florida were closed again after customers tested positive for the virus.

Since May 27, three weeks after most Florida counties entered phase one of reopening on May 4, the state's daily case count has mostly been increasing.

Hospital capacity in Florida

• Hospitals at full ICU bed capacity: 49
• Available ICU beds: 971
• Total ICU beds: 6,137

Hospital capacity in Miami-Dade county

• Hospitals at full ICU bed capacity: 8
• Available ICU beds: 154
• Total ICU beds: 993

ICU beds available by Florida county

• Nassau: 0
• Okeechobee: 0
• Putnam: 0
• Flager: 1
• Citrus: 2
• Clay: 2
• Highlands: 2
• Seminole: 2
• Monroe: 2
• Columbia: 3
• Marion: 3
• Jackson: 4
• Desoto: 4
• Okaloosa: 4
• Pasco: 5
• Walton: 5
• St. Lucie: 6
• Bay: 6
• Hernando: 7
• Leon: 7
• Sumter: 7
• Polk: 8
• Manatee: 9
• Charlotte: 9
• Santa Rosa: 9
• Escambia: 10
• St. Johns: 13
• Indian River: 13
• Lee: 16
• Alachua: 19
• Collier: 22
• Martin: 22
• Sarasota: 25
• Lake: 33
• Broward: 35
• Hillsborough: 35
• Osceola: 37
• Brevard: 40
• Pinellas: 47
• Volusia: 63
• Orange: 78
• Duval: 87
• Palm Beach: 115
• Miami-Dade: 154

Over 13.5 million people across the globe have been infected since the virus was first reported in Wuhan, China, including 3.4 million in the U.S. More than 7.5 million globally have reportedly recovered from infection, while over 584,300 have died as of Thursday, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.

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