The data showed 8,406 hospital inpatients had COVID-19, up from 7,647 on Wednesday and 6,914 on Tuesday.
The number of patients with COVID-19 has surged as the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has raced through the state.
As another comparison, the federal agency reported Dec. 6 that 1,298 Florida inpatients had COVID-19.
Also, Thursday’s data showed that 935 COVID-19 patients were in intensive-care units, up from 843 on Wednesday.
This article appears in Jan 6-12, 2022.