Julio Ochoa
Health News Florida EditorJulio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida.
He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the newspaper’s deputy metro editor.
Julio was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and worked at a paper in Greeley, Colo., before returning to Florida as a reporter and as breaking news editor for the Naples Daily News.
Contact Julio at 813-974-8633, on Twitter at @julioochoa or email julioochoa@wusf.org.
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The number of patients on Tuesday is less than half of what it was at the beginning of the month. Meantime, the state added 5,056 new COVID cases and four deaths.
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The state also reported 21,723 new coronavirus cases — and the number people being treated in intensive care for COVID-19 patients increased for the first time in two days to 3,385.
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There were 26,475 cases in children under 12 during the week. The next highest number was 24,000 cases in the age group of 30-39.
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The state added 726 COVID-related deaths over the weekend, according to the CDC. While the deaths were recorded Saturday and Sunday, they may have occurred in previous weeks or months.
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There were 17,295 people with the coronavirus being treated in the state's hospitals Thursday, an increase of 199 over Wednesday. It is again the highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic began.
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Authors of a guide that aims to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among Certified Nursing Assistants, say trust, not just in the vaccines, but in who is asking or requiring employees to get it is important.
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The number of people in Florida's hospitals with the coronavirus rose by 870 on Tuesday, bringing the total to 16,832, a new high for the state.
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For the week ending on Thursday, Aug. 12, the state reported an additional 151,415 cases of the coronavirus – the highest weekly total yet. The positivity rate rose to 19.3%.
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About 50 ambulances a day are having to wait over an hour to offload patients because emergency rooms do not have the space or staff for new patients, officials said.
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County officials anticipated testing about 500 people, but about 2,000 showed up at each of its testing sites.