Seven days, 19 deaths. That is the grim count of coronavirus deaths at Lee Health this past week as the pandemic has gripped the health care center's Lee County hospital over recent weeks in a way the hospital's leaders didn't foresee. On Tuesday, the patient count at Lee Health for those ...
Lee Health set a record for the highest number of COVID-19 patients in system care over the weekend. As of Monday morning, Lee Health officials reported 419 individuals across their hospitals are being treated for the virus, outpacing the 327-mark set last July – a 12% uptick. Lee ...
Lee Health is seeing the admission of patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 As of Thursday morning, Lee Health had 338 COVID-19 patients isolated in system inpatient hospitals. From Wednesday to Thursday morning, Lee Health saw 50 new COVID-19 admissions and 333 discharges. According to Lee Health officials, 17.5% of their admitted COVID-19 patients as of Thursday morning were fully vaccinated according to their medical charts. Census as of Thursday morning was at 89% of staffed operational bed capacity. Staffed operational capacity reflects the ...
Lee Health officials have announced “due to the current capacity and highly contagious nature of the COVID-19 delta variant” they are restricting visitation in emergency room departments until further notice. Visitors will only be granted emergency room access for compassionate care or ...
Lee Health officials have announced “due to the current capacity and highly contagious nature of the COVID-19 delta variant” they are restricting visitation in emergency room departments until further notice. Visitors will only be granted emergency room access for compassionate care ...
Smiles, not masks. Parental choice, not mandates. That is the message Gov. Ron DeSantis shared this morning at a press conference in Cape Coral called to announce that he would issue an executive order that will prohibit school systems from mandating masks. "I think the decision about ...
