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Florida Hospitals Near Capacity As Coronavirus Cases Continue To Surge

More than 80% of the intensive care unit beds in Florida’s hospitals are full on Monday, according to the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration. This follows five straight days of Florida reporting more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Dr. Mary Jo Trepka, professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Florida International University.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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