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Ron DeSantis: “Typically hospitals run at 90% or 88, 90%.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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7/17/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Makes a Major Announcement in Apopka

Published | Video Starts at 12:42

Just Understand we have 21% of the beds statewide are available. That's a greater percentage than was available in early March before the pandemic took off. I mean, Typically hospitals run at 90% or 88, 90%. That's how they stay in business. And so now we have less than 80% of the beds are actually in use. So there is capacity. (12:42–12:48)

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Asserts that hospitals typically operate at 88-90% capacity.

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