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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is seeing record low hospitalization numbers for both adults and kids. Doctors predict the numbers could continue this way, as long as the community stays vigilant.
Florida hospitals taking steps to battle record COVID surge August 2, 2021 at 1:51 pm FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s largest hospital systems are expanding their coronavirus units, limiting visitors and fearing staffing shortages as they deal with the statewide surge that is breaking records set last year for both cases and hospitalizations. Hospitalizations have grown tenfold statewide in just over a month as the more contagious delta variant spreads, with more than 95% of COVID-19 patients unvaccinated, officials said. “It’s an overwhelming demand in th...
TMH, Captial Regional address recent COVID-19 case increase in community Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 and last updated 2021-07-21 16:26:23-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and Capital Regional Medical Center released a joint statement Wednesday in regards to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the community. As of July 15, there are 33,157 cases in Leon County, with a 17.2 percent case positivity rate. Additionally, 134,619 people ages 12 and up have been vaccinated, meaning 51 percent of the county has been vaccinated. "The...
Brian Welch stresses the need to get tested even if vaccinated Welch stressed continuing to get tested for the virus even if symptoms seem mild or not even related to COVID — because they are vaccinated the most severe symptoms were a stuffy head, sore throat, light cough and congestion — and getting vaccinated. But he also stressed continuing public health measures for those who decline vaccinations. “It stresses the importance of being vaccinated and, if you’re not going to get vaccinated, you’re really putting yourself and others at risk,” he said. “If you’re not going...
As of January 1st in Leon County, 12 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at least two weeks after receiving their second dose, classifying them as breakthrough cases.