Lee Health reports fewer COVID-19 patients Friday; 636 still isolated

Lee Health is reporting fewer COVID-19 patients than it had Thursday: 636 patients are isolated in its hospitals as of Friday morning, 13 of whom are being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital.

• Lee Health currently has 636 COVID-19 patients isolated in their hospitals (inpatient).
• Of these patients, 13 of them are being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
• Yesterday, the hospital system had 76 new COVID-19 hospital admissions and 90 COVID-19 discharges.
• Currently, 49% of ventilators and 8% of ICU rooms are available for use. There are 91 COVID-19 patients on ventilators and 116 in the intensive care unit.
• Current census is at 98% of staffed operational bed capacity.
• Since the start of the pandemic, Lee Health has lost 879 patients inside its hospitals to COVID-19, including 9 on Thursday.

Lee Health is offering vaccines for anyone 12 years and older at its walk-in Community Vaccination Clinic inside of Gulf Coast Medical Center.

It is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The vaccine is free.