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Lee Health has released its COVID-19 numbers on Tuesday morning. As of Tuesday morning, there are 178 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of those patients, six of them are being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. On Tuesday morning, the hospital census was at 94% of staffed operational bed capacity. […]

Ellie O’Neal, born at just 23 weeks gestation, was brought into the world at just 1 pound, 3 ounces. Dubbed a “micro-preemie,” she was born while still inside her amniotic sac, which is likely what protected her during her unexpected and early arrival. “You picture yourself holding your newborn in the hospital, but it would […]

Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Mobile Pediatric Vaccination Clinic will be making stops around Southwest Florida next week to vaccinate children 12 years old and older for COVID-19. The Mobile Pediatric Vaccination Clinic is walk-up only, and there is no cost for the COVID-19 vaccine, which will be Pfizer. * Indicates that this spot is primarily for […]

Lee Health is resuming its reporting of daily COVID-19 numbers at its hospitals because of the omicron surge. Lee Health says the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased 55% this week. As of Thursday morning, Lee Health has 79 COVID-19 patients isolated in its hospitals (inpatient). Of these patients, two of them are […]

One Fort Myers mother is on a mission and is turning her traumatic experience into her motivation for giving back. There’s a cute Christmas card photo of Candy Quiróa’s family — she’s smiling as she holds her first-born, Zael, a 3-year-old boy she once worried wouldn’t survive his premature birth. “He was born at 24 […]

Lee Health has released its COVID-19 numbers for Friday. As of Friday morning, there are 93 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals. Of those patients, two of them are being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. On Friday morning, hospital census was at 92% of staffed operational bed capacity. On Thursday, Lee […]

Lee Health says this has been the deadliest week for COVID-19 patients since the start of the year. According to a statement from the hospital, 20 COVID-19 patients died this week bringing the total count of deaths this year to 85. Lee Health said this week has given the community optimism, but the deadly virus […]

Lee Health reports having 154 COVID-19 patients isolated at its hospitals on Monday. It is the first time the hospital has had more than 150 COVID-19 patients since Sept. 30, 2021. The hospital says the omicron surge has caused a shortage of monoclonal antibody treatments (MAB), and Lee Health has currently exhausted its supply of […]

Here is a breakdown of Lee Health’s COVID-19 numbers for Thursday. As of Thursday morning, there were 25 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of those patients, two of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. On Wednesday, there were four new COVID-19 hospital admissions and five COVID-19 […]

Lee health says there are signs that we may have reached the plateau of the omicron surge in Southwest Florida. Over the last week, the number of COVID-19 patients being treated in Lee Health hospitals has decreased every day, and the emergency department and Lee Convenient Care volumes have started to return to pre-surge levels. […]