That’s 20 more patients than the hospital system had on Tuesday evening. But it still hasn’t reached the hospital system’s peak in January, when it reported around 900 patients in a single day.
“Our numbers continue to rise,” said Dr. Neil Finkler, chief clinical officer for AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division in a media briefing Thursday morning. “The rate of the increase is somewhat concerning. We are now seeing about the fastest rate of increase that we have seen throughout the course of the pandemic.”
The surge has caused AdventHealth to defer scheduling new elective surgeries that involve overnight stays, requiring masks in all areas of all of its facilities and limiting visitors.
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