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Miami-Area Covid-19 Patients on Ventilators Hit New High

A medical worker wearing PPE assists a person at a Covid-19 drive-thru testing site in Miami Gardens, Florida.Photographer: Marco Bello/Bloomberg

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By Jonathan Levin

June 30, 2020 at 5:47 PM UTC

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June 30, 2020 at 7:36 PM UTC

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Miami-Dade County, Florida’s most populous, reported the highest numbers of Covid-19 hospitalizations, intensive-care patients and ventilator use since at least early May.

The county said Tuesday that it has 1,202 people with Covid-19 in hospitals, an increase of 53 from a day earlier. The number of virus patients in intensive-care unit beds rose to 245 from 236, according to a report. There are 103 Covid-19 patients on ventilators, up from 90 a day earlier.