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Credit: WINK News. Lee Health says it has 38 COVID-19 patients isolated in its hospitals on Monday. Two deaths were reported since Friday. As of Monday morning, there are 38 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of these patients, three of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Since Friday, there were eight new COVID-19 hospital admissions and 19 COVID-19 discharges. 77% of ventilators and 25% of ICU rooms are available for use. There are zero COVID-19 patients on ventilators and seven in the intensive care unit. The Monday morning census was at 83% of the staffed operational bed capacity. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,204 patients have died at Lee Health hospitals, with two deaths on Friday. 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