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Sarasota Memorial Hospital, which had not been allowing visitations, said it will now allow most patients to have two visitors. It also resumed nonemergency surgeries this week.
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At the forefront of the concerns is a shortage of nurses, which the executives told lawmakers has created an emergency for hospital administrators.
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Records show the state crossed the threshold on Sept. 5, but the count didn't reflect that until Sept. 16 due to delays in processing information. Meantime, virus-related hospitalizations continue to drop.
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AdventHealth Orlando’s director of high-risk pregnancy care, Dr Rachel Humphrey, says she’s optimistic the worst of the latest surge is behind us, but she’s still treating very sick patients.
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Dr. Neil Finkler, chief clinical officer for the Central Florida Division, says cases in the seven-county region have peaked and "we are looking at the beginning of what we believe to be a downward curve.”
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This status is for the Central Florida Division: Polk, Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole, Volusia and Flagler counties.
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Because of the recent case spike of unvaccinated patients, elective surgeries are deferred, visitors are limited and masks are required. But there is more than enough space and equipment to handle the increase.
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An infectious disease specialist with the health system says masks might be appropriate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated students because of the spread of the delta variant.
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Dr. Khaled Fernainy of AdventHealth says that vaccinated immunocompromised patients can still get very sick with COVID and even end up on a ventilator.
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First lady Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci were in Florida on Thursday urging residents to get a coronavirus vaccine.