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Credit: WINK News. Lee Health says it has 73 COVID-19 patients isolated in its hospitals on Friday. Four deaths were reported on Thursday. As of Friday morning, there are 73 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of these patients, six of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Since Thursday, there were 10 new COVID-19 hospital admissions and nine COVID-19 discharges. 69% of ventilators and 12% of ICU rooms are available for use. There are 8 COVID-19 patients on ventilators and 21 in the intensive care unit. The Friday morning census was at 85% of the staffed operational bed capacity. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,193 patients have died at Lee Health hospitals, with two deaths on Thursday. Lee Health offers COVID-19 vaccines for anyone 12 and older at its Community Vaccination Clinic, located inside Gulf Coast Medical Center. It’s open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and there is no cost for the vaccine. Anyone can make an appointment online by visiting www.leehealth.org. RESOURCES: Monoclonal antibody site locations COVID-19 testing locations Find a vaccine near you