25 COVID-19 patients in Lee Health hospitals Friday; 1 death Thursday

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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Lee Health is reporting it has 25 COVID-19 patients in its hospitals on Friday morning. One person died on Thursday.

  • As of Friday morning, there were 27 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient).
  • Of those patients, one of them is a child being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
  • On Thursday, there were five new COVID-19 hospital admissions and five COVID-19 discharges.
  • 77% of ventilators and 16% of ICU rooms are available for use. There is one COVID-19 patient on a ventilator and four in the intensive care unit.
  • On Friday morning, census was at 94% of staffed operational bed capacity.
  • Since the start of the pandemic, 1,210 patients have died inside of Lee Health hospitals to COVID-19, including one yesterday.

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.

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