OS article on the state of hospitals in Central Florida -
"Around 1,000 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 across AdventHealth’s Central Florida hospitals, said spokesperson Jeff Grainger at the healthcare system’s weekly Thursday COVID-19 briefing. The news comes after Orange County reverted to a state of emergency, and Florida reported case numbers that rival January’s peak.
“What’s extraordinary is the speed at which we are currently seeing new cases,” said Dr. Vincent Hsu, executive director of infection prevention and hospital epidemiologist. “We haven’t seen the end of it. This is still coming.”
AdventHealth’s current patient load breaks the previous January 2021 record by about 100, Grainger said. It’s an increase of about 300 from a week ago."
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"Orlando Health’s hospitals reported 454 COVID patients on Thursday, breaking its July 2020 record. More than one out of 10 of these patients is currently in the ICU, according to Dr. George Ralls, senior vice president and chief medical officer at Orlando Health.
In keeping with past trends, over 90% of the hospitalized COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated at both hospitals. Hsu said that breakthrough cases in vaccinated people are possible, but these cases are not often severe."
“The vast majority of vaccinated patients, if they get COVID, they’re not sick enough to be in the hospital,” Hsu said. “For those that are unvaccinated, really consider getting vaccinated.”
Orlando Health and AdventHealth are deluged with more COVID-19 patients than ever before, with no sign the current surge will stop soon. Around 1,000 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 across …
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