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In Florida, state statistics in late July showed virus-related hospitalizations are nearly at their highest point since the onset of the pandemic, with more than 1,200 COVID-19 patients being admitted to the hospital every day.

Now, 95% of the intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the state are full.

Some hospitals in the state are also running out of morgue space and using rented refrigerated trucks for bodies.

\"Our morgues are just not designed to hold that many bodies,\" Armando Llechu, chief officer of hospital operations at Florida's Cape Coral hospital, told \"GMA.\" \"This is not being exaggerated or blown out of proportion by the media. This is real.\"

In West Palm Beach, as officers saw Officer Testa off for further treatment, they also mourned one of their own already lost to COVID-19.

It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we announces the passing of Officer Robert Williams #1551.

Officer Williams contracted COVID-19 and experienced complications related to the virus.

Please keep the Williams family & friends in your thoughts and prayer. pic.twitter.com/D0M1oxCdAC

— West Palm Beach PD (@WestPalmPD) August 17, 2021

Officer Robert Williams, with the force since 2001, died on Aug. 21 due to complications from COVID-19, the department shared on Twitter.

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