Hospital intensive care units at 40 Florida hospitals reached capacity as of July 9, according to data from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration.
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Tampa-based HCA Healthcare West Florida Division said 11 hospitals in Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties will delay some inpatient surgeries and procedures to free up capacity amid a surge of COVID-19 patients.
Hospital intensive care units at 50 Florida hospitals reached capacity as of July 8, according to data from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration.
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Some hospitals in Texas and Florida are already at ICU capacity, while hospitals in Los Angeles County are urged to prepare for a surge.
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The following hospitals had 0 percent adult bed availability in their intensive care units as of July 6, according to data from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration.
Of states reporting relevant data, California currently has the most COVID-19 patients in intensive care, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
As Texas reached a single-day record for new COVID-19 cases July 1, data for individual hospitals or counties is still not available to the public, according to the Texas Tribune.
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