Coronavirus: Hospitals seeing increase in non-COVID admissions, slight dip in ICU availability

Jacksonville hospitals reported this week a slight decrease in available intensive-care beds, although city officials attributed this to an increase in patients who haven’t contracted COVID-19. As Northeast Florida begins to reopen after nearly two months of restrictions on social activities and commerce, local hospitals have resumed elective procedures. Steve Woodard, the city’s chief of emergency preparedness, said this may explain why more…