The Lee County COVID-19 case summary for data through Dec. 20 has been released by the Florida Department of Health in Lee County. As of Sunday there are have 1,858 hospitalizations in Lee County, 5 percent of all cases confirmed. There have been 632 deaths, 2 percent of all cases. State ...
Editor's Note; This story has been updated to reflect information released Wednesday. The first COVID-19 vaccines to arrive at Lee Health facilities were administered Tuesday afternoon at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers. Registered Nurse Samara Marin, Transportation Services’ ...
Lee Health is expecting the first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine next week. "We expect to receive it next week. We aren’t sure yet how much," Lee Health spokesperson Jonathan Little said Tuesday. The first shipments are being provided by the federal government and are of a limited ...
Starting Monday, Dec. 14, Lee Health is making changes to its hospital visitation hours to protect the safety of patients and staff from the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in our community. Visitation hours are noon to 6 p.m. until the number of COVID-19 cases reduce. At the adult acute care hospital campuses, patients will now be allowed to designate up to two visitors upon admission, but only one may visit the patient at a time. No visitors under the age of 12 are permitted. Exceptions will be made for compassionate care reasons. All visitors are required to practice ...
Local health officials in Lee County are gearing up to receive and distribute the new COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks. Lee Health said it expects a supply to vaccinate employees by the end of the month while the Department of Health Lee County said their first phase of vaccinations ...
The Florida Department of Health in Lee County will be providing free influenza and Hepatitis A vaccines throughout Lee County during the month of December. Staff will utilize the mobile units funded by LeeCARES. A total of 80 flu vaccines and 30 HepA vaccines will be available at each site. The flu vaccine is available for anyone 6 months or older. All unvaccinated residents are strongly encouraged to get their flu shot as soon as possible. Flu vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu and its potentially serious complications. Vaccination is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. ...
