For the 11th straight day, Florida hospitals set records for the number of COVID patients they are treating, and on Wednesday the state set a new high for daily cases. On Wednesday, Florida hospitals had 15,449 patients a significant jump from just two days earlier when admissions surpassed 14,000 to set a record. As hospitals across the state contend with the worst spike in new infections since the pandemic began, Broward County has been hardest hit. Broward Health, the public health system in the north part of Broward County, said it has 338 COVID patients. “The majority of those ICU patients are on ventilators,” said Broward Health spokeswoman Jennifer Smith.
