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Lee Health says nine patients have died from COVID-19 in the past two days

 Lee Health
Posted at 2:30 PM, Jan 19, 2022
and last updated 2022-01-19 14:30:28-05

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Officials say nine patients have died from COVID-19 in the past two days in their hospitals.

This makes a total of thirty-nine people who have died so far in 2022 from complications from the virus.

Here is the latest from Lee Health:

  • 342 COVID-19 patients were isolated in the hospital
  • 10 of them are being treated at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
  • The hospital census was at 96% of staffed operational bed capacity.
  • Census in the intensive care unit was at 93% of staffed operational bed capacity. There were 37 COVID-19 patients in the ICU.
  • Yesterday, Lee Health emergency departments saw 942 patients. Before the current omicron surge, emergency departments were averaging about 900 patients per day.
  • Yesterday, Lee Convenient Care saw 414 patients, LCC locations were averaging about 360 patients per day before the omicron surge.