161 COVID-19 patients in treatment at Lee Health Wednesday, 7 deaths Tuesday

Lee Health reports 161 COVID-19 patients being treated as of Wednesday morning, with 12 new admissions since Tuesday.

• As of Wednesday morning, there are 187 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient).
• Of those patients, 5 of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
• On Tuesday, there were 12 new COVID-19 hospital admissions and 19 COVID-19 discharges.
• 67% of ventilators and 14% of ICU rooms are available for use. There are 27 COVID-19 patients on ventilators and 42 in the intensive care unit.
• On Wednesday morning, hospital census was at 85% of staffed operational bed capacity.
• Since the start of the pandemic, 1,160 patients have died at Lee Health hospitals to COVID-19, including 7 on Tuesday.

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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