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Credit: WINK News Lee Health says it has 78 COVID-19 patients isolated in its hospitals on Thursday. Four deaths were reported on Wednesday. As of Thursday morning, there are 78 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of these patients, five of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Since Wednesday, there were 12 new COVID-19 hospital admissions and 11 COVID-19 discharges. 70% of ventilators and 15% of ICU rooms are available for use. There are 11 COVID-19 patients on ventilators and 22 in the intensive care unit. The Thursday morning census was at 86% of the staffed operational bed capacity. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,191 patients have died at Lee Health hospitals, with four deaths on Wednesday. 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. RESOURCES: Monoclonal antibody site locations COVID-19 testing locations Find a vaccine near you