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As Jacksonville’s COVID-19 cases drop, expert warns community to stay on guard UF Health Jacksonville CEO says hospital continues to admit patients Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Even as Jacksonville sees a drop in COVID-19 cases, medical experts are warning the community that they’re not out of the woods just yet. Currently, there are 122 people hospitalized with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Duval County, according to figures provided by UF Health Jacksonville. That’s down from the 600 people who were hospitalized at once in January. But Dr. Leon Haley, the...

For at least two decades, the CEOs of Duval County's hospitals have gotten together for monthly meetings — occasions to swap notes, share experiences, figure out what works and what doesn’t. They’re competitors, and they don’t lose sight of that. But that kind of sharing is helpful even in the best of times. And in the worst of times? It was, they say, a lifesaver, many times over. In a Zoom interview with The Times-Union, the CEOs of Jacksonville's hospitals said their regular meetings left their institutions well-equipped to coordinate health care, from early testing to recent vacci...

05:20 AM EST Share At UF Health and Baptist Health, leaders look toward returning to the strategic plans in place before COVID-19 struck. Following a challenging 2020, area hospital leaders hope to normalize operations on their campuses as COVID-19 cases decline and vaccines are distributed. “We’ve spent the last several months managing COVID,” said Dr. Leon Haley, CEO of UF Health Jacksonville. “Now we’ve shifted into managing COVID recovery and vaccine distribution to the degree we’re able to participate in that process while still maintaining our focus on our st...

For 10 months, UF Health has been sharing with City Council and other elected officials about what the pandemic is doing in Jacksonville.

“Understand that we are facing a national logistics issue, an unprecedented situation we never been in,” said the Mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry.