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Credit: WINK News Lee Health says it has 48 COVID-19 patients isolated in its hospitals on Wednesday. One death were reported on Tuesday. As of Wednesday morning, there are 48 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of these patients, one of them is a child being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. On Tuesday, there were eight new COVID-19 hospital admissions and nine COVID-19 discharges. 74% of ventilators and 21% of ICU rooms are available for use. There are four COVID-19 patients on ventilators and 10 in the intensive care unit. The Wednesday morning census was at 91% of the staffed operational bed capacity. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,200 patients have died at Lee Health hospitals, with one death 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. RESOURCES: Monoclonal antibody site locations COVID-19 testing locations Find a vaccine near you