You see many media reports that Florida's hospitals are being overrun with a surge of new covid 19 cases.
The problem with those stories is that actual data shows it's not true. As of yesterday July 13 here are the numbers.
Today's occupancy:
All Beds: 77.1%
ICU Beds: 79.5%
One week ago (July 6th):
All Beds: 75.8%
ICU Beds: 77.8%
75% to 85% occupancy is considered to be normal and the "sweet spot" for hospitals, they are built to make a profit but they like to have a little excess capacity.
Covid 19 patients occupy 13.4% of those beds, the rest are occupied by normal elective surgeries, heart attacks etc.
You can find accurate data at this site, which is updated daily. You can check for regular and ICU beds by county and hospital every day. This site is the Agency for Health Care Administration, a State agency.
Workbook':' Public
At the top of the page you can click on the stats you want to see, beds by county, ICU beds by county, ICU beds by hospital etc Currently there are 19% of all Florida ICU beds available.
What about the hotspots? Are they being "overrun"
Broward: 12% available ICU beds
Miami Dade: 15% available ICU beds
Orange: 27% available ICU beds
Palm Beach: 26% available ICU beds
What about Sumter? 22% available ICU beds
There are currently two Florida counties with zero available ICU beds, Nassau and Okeechobee, these counties only have a total of 8 ICU beds each.
You can bookmark the link above and check for yourself anytime you want.