PUNTA GORDA, Florida—The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Florida reached a pandemic record of 15,715 on Aug. 15, the most recent date for which data was available.
The record level of hospitalizations was reached despite a four-day decline in new COVID-19 hospital admissions reported on Aug. 14. New admissions for patients with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus dropped 2,207 that day, down from a record-high 2,329 reported for Aug. 11, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
