COVID-19 Surges and Vaccinations Have Begun
Assessing the risk posed by COVID-19 on Sanibel and Captiva involves considering the situation at the hospitals in Lee County. The islands have no hospitals; island residents depend upon hospitals on the mainland. Those hospitals are on the front line of the epidemic in Lee County. Lee Health, the main hospital system for Lee County, continues to experience high occupancy rates and positivity rates (percent of tests that are positive) for COVID-19 tests processed in Lee Health laboratories. Over the past week, the occupancy rate was 95% on December 30, and 96% on January 5. The daily positivity rates were 32.2% on December 30 and 34% on January 5. Occupancy of adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds was 89% on December 30, and 93% on January 5. Meanwhile, the Lee Health system has been vaccinating its key workers, as well as staff members who are 65 or older. As more vaccines are received, Lee Health will announce plans for vaccinating residents who are over 65. National
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