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Vaccination numbers near 10.4 million mark in Florida

As of Thursday afternoon, there are 2,329,876 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 1,878 since FDOH’s last update Wednesday. The total number of persons vaccinated as of Thursday throughout Florida was 10,397,299 with 376,359 being in Lee County. ...

Health officials urge residents to get second vaccination

Local health officials are reminding those who received their first COVID-19 vaccination to make sure they get their second. Lee Health’s Dr. Mary Beth Saunders, system medical director of epidemiology and infection prevention, on Tuesday released a statement regarding residents not ...

District working with Lee Health to offer COVID-19 vaccine to kids, teens

The School District of Lee County voted unanimously Tuesday to continue working with Lee Health to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to children and teens. Superintendent Dr. Greg Adkins said the second amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding is to allow Lee Health to provide COVID ...

Children’s hospital begins mobile pediatric vaccination clinics

Golisano Children’s Hospital launched a Mobile Pediatric Vaccination Clinic on Tuesday in Lehigh Acres and will continue to travel around Southwest Florida. The mobile unit’s first-ever stop took place at Family Health Centers and reached families that may not have otherwise been able ...

Walk-in vaccinations continue at Lee Health facility

Local health officials announced Monday that for the foreseeable future, individuals can receive a COVID-19 vaccine without having to schedule an appointment. Lee Health’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Gulf Coast Medical Center is “permanently continuing walk-in vaccine availability ...

Lee Health offers COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A

COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A with Lee Health COVID-19 Vaccines Opened to State Residents 12 and Older Are you vaccinated? If not, and you’re a Florida resident aged 12 and older, public health officials encourage you to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as prescribed by the Food and Drug ...