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Credit: WINK News Lee Health has released its updated COVID-19 numbers for Thursday. As of Thursday morning, there are 28 COVID-19 patients isolated in Lee Health hospitals (inpatient). Of these patients, none of them are children being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. On Wednesday, there was one new COVID-19 hospital admission and six COVID-19 discharges. 76% of ventilators and 14% of ICU rooms are available for use. There are two COVID-19 patients on a ventilator and four in the intensive care unit. On Thursday morning, census was at 96% of staffed operational bed capacity. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,211 patients have died inside Lee Health hospitals to COVID-19, including zero yesterday. 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. Vaccinations schedules for children aged 5 to 11 will be announced in the coming days. RESOURCES: Monoclonal antibody site locations COVID-19 testing locations Find a vaccine near you