The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 continues to decline according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Data posted Monday showed 7,316 Florida inpatients had COVID-19, down from 9,015 a week earlier and 10,794 two weeks earlier.
The numbers released on Monday also showed that 1,174 patients with COVID-19 were in intensive-care units, down from 1,346 a week earlier and 1,566 two weeks earlier.
Hospitalizations surged in December and early January the omicron variant of the coronavirus spread throughout the state.
Case numbers are also on a steady decline with Florida totaling 132,622 new cases during the week of Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, which is down from 198,319 cases the previous week, according to a report released Friday by the Florida Department of Health (FDOH).
The report Monday also showed that 66,279 Florida residents had died of COVID-19 since the pandemic started in early 2020.
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