Miami-Dade hospitals see surge of young patients with COVID-19

Miami-Dade hospitals are seeing a surge of younger patients with COVID-19 compared to the first wave in April. The patients are not as severely ill and doctors and nurses have gained experience during the pandemic, leading to shorter hospital stays and better outcomes.
The number of admitted COVID-19 patients at Miami-Dade hospitals had plateaued throughout much of May and began to trend down in early June. But at Homestead Hospital, which is part of Baptist Health, the ICU filled to the capacity this week. Doctors managed capacity in part by transferring patients among the system’s 11 hospitals in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.