With Jacksonville hospitals in crisis, Lenny Curry to brief on COVID-19 response
Lenny Curry. Image via AG Gancarski
Jacksonville Mayor
Lenny Curry will address COVID-19 issues Wednesday, accompanied by other leaders pressing urgent messages.
Curry’s remarks are slated for 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, and he will be accompanied on the Zoom call by mayors of the Beaches communities and Public Defender
Charlie Cofer, who will discuss the pandemic’s impact on the area’s legal system.
The remarks come as Duval County faces acute pressures, as demonstrated by fresh statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For the week ending Aug. 2, more than 53% of ICU berths and one in three hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients. Hospital admissions for COVID-19 accounted for more than 30% of all admissions, up 47% week over week.
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