Florida Sees Surge Of COVID Emergency Room Visits

July 5, 2024 Coronavirus, Medicine

Rates of COVID-19 have surged in Florida emergency rooms over recent weeks, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and are now near peaks not seen since the worst days of this past winter’s wave of the virus.

The weekly average of emergency room patients with COVID-19 has reached 2.64% in Florida, according to CDC data updated Friday, and now rank among the highest of any state during this summer’s COVID-19 wave.

Trends from Florida have also climbed steeply in other key metrics that authorities now use to track COVID-19, including in wastewater and nursing homes.

Read the full article. Photo: Notoriously anti-vax Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.

Rates of COVID-19 have surged in Florida emergency rooms over recent weeks, according to new figures from the CDC, and are now near peaks not seen since the worst days of this past winter’s wave of the virus. https://t.co/Z9vnKtcaPj

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 5, 2024