PUNTA GORDA, Florida—The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Florida reached a pandemic record of 15,715 on Aug. 15, the most recent date for which data was available. The record level of hospitalizations was reached despite a four-day decline in new COVID-19 hospital admissions reported on Aug. 14. New admissions for patients with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus dropped 2,207 that day, down from a record-high 2,329 reported for Aug. 11, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Tampa General Hospital (TGH) said it had over 90 percent of its beds occupied with COVID-19 patients. Seventy-nine COVID-19 patients were in intensive care. “Out of 1,041 beds 231 of those are being occupied by COVID-19 patients,” Phil Buck, spokesman for the hospital, said in an email. “The number of beds we have available for COVID patients varies as TGH is able to increase our capacity in accordance with any …