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Covid-19: Florida hospitals face oxygen crisis, morgues ‘out of space’
The US state of Florida is witnessing a major crisis as Covid cases have shot up drastically over the last week. The surge is coronavirus cases has led to severe oxygen shortage in hospitals across Florida. Reports also said that funeral homes are running out of space for bodies in the state. Florida has reported 227 Covid deaths a day on an average this week.
68 hospitals in the state have oxygen supplies of fewer than 48 hours. Oxygen demand has skyrocketed in the region with the rapid spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus.
Nationwide, COVID-19 deaths are running at more than 1,100 a day, the highest level since mid-March, and new cases per day are averaging over 152,000, turning the clock back to the end of January.