The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 ticked up slightly in data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The data showed 1,608 inpatients had COVID-19, up from 1,594 on Monday.
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The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive-care units remained the same --- at 355.
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After a surge in cases this summer because of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, Florida saw steady decreases in hospitalizations in September, October and early November.
As a comparison, Florida had 15,177 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sept. 1.