Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare has zero COVID-19 patients
Milestone reached exactly one year since its first COVID-19 patient
and last updated 2021-03-17 22:39:50-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare announced Wednesday there are no patients with coronavirus in the facility.
Jaclynn Moss, the Internal Medicine and COVID-19 Unit Nurse Manager at TMH confirmed that on Tuesday around 5:30 p.m. they released their last two coronavirus patients. I can t put into words what this year has been. It s very hard for me because there are so many emotions that go along with it, said Moss.
TMH, as well as Leon County, saw its first COVID-19 case on March 18, 2020. Moss said this is the first time she and her team have been able to stop and reflect on the journey they ve all gone through.
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County Commission Chair Rick Minor and Mayor John Dailey
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A full year into the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone’s lives have been transformed into a hard new normal. This pandemic – the worst public health crisis in a century – will be with us for a while, even as we all seek to do our jobs, go to school, enjoy ourselves and carefully gather, travel and live our lives.
The virus has not spared the Big Bend. COVID-19 forced many businesses to close, threw many people out of work, and claimed the lives of more than 450 residents of the four Big Bend counties of Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon and Wakulla.
Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna also is scheduled to attend.
The news conference will be held virtually at 10 a.m. via Zoom. To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN AQR1aJXARFmg971cKUsX-w.
Several members of this new initiative participate in a weekly Friday live-streamed conversation on the status of COVID-19 locally, hosted by Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. To pre-register for that event, visit TMH. org.
Local COVID-19 update
Leon County has had 51 more residents test positive for COVID-19, and one more resident has died because of the virus, the Florida Department of Health reported on Tuesday.