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Lee Health says it has 279 COVID-19 patients isolated in its hospitals on Thursday. The hospital says it is still in desperate need of blood donations. Lee Health says donating blood is one of the best ways to give back to the community and save lives. The hospital says the blood shortage has become more […]

Lee Health is reporting it has 33 COVID-19 patients in its hospitals on Friday morning. One person died on Thursday. As of Friday morning, there are 33 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of those patients, four of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. On Thursday, there […]

The mother of a 10-year-old boy in Southwest Florida says her son is fighting the coronavirus at Golisano Children’s Hospital Wednesday. He’s been there since last Saturday, and she’s been through days of worry and wondering what’s next. “There was no hope four days ago,” mother Christina Prachniak said. “I was crying and crying because […]

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. […]

There are 50 COVID-19 patients isolated at Lee Health hospitals, the hospital system said. One patient died on Wednesday. As of Thursday morning, there were 50 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of those patients, three of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. On Wednesday there were […]

Six people died on Thursday during what Lee Health called the deadliest day for COVID-19 patients in 2022. The total number of deaths in 2022 from COVID-19 comes to 47. The hospital system said the omicron variant will lead to only mild symptoms for some, “but what we are seeing in our hospitals shows that […]

Brightening the spirits of sick children during the holiday season, a flash mob danced outside of Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Law enforcement agencies shined their lights up onto the Golisano hospital to show the child patients they are not alone Friday night. There are about 120 children staying at the hospital. Some won’t […]

Lee Health said the omicron surge and the normal influx of seasonal residents are causing longer than normal wait times at its hospitals. In its daily COVID-19 report, the hospital system urged the community to try alternatives to heading to the emergency departments. One of the options is DispatchHealth, a service that brings urgent care […]

As of Tuesday morning, Lee Health had 350 COVID-19 patients isolated as inpatients in their hospitals. Of these patients, 11 of them are being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. The hospital census was at 95% of staffed operational bed capacity. Census in the intensive care unit was at 95% of staffed operational […]

Here is a breakdown of Lee Health’s COVID-19 numbers for Monday. As of Monday morning, there were 32 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. Since Friday, there were 19 new COVID-19 hospital admissions and 16 […]