Hospital coronavirus update around Southwest Florida

Hospital coronavirus update around Southwest Florida

Hospitals around Southwest Florida continue to see more coronavirus cases and some are planning for alternate care sites.

IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY... THEDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS A BAGIRL HAS THE VIRUS AS WELL.OUR HOSPITALS ARE ON THE FRONTLINES, RIGHT NOW -- SO WE WANTTO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOWTHEY’RE DOINTHIS MORNING, LEE HEALTH ISPLANNING FOR ALTERNATE CARESITES... BECAUSE THEY SAY, THEYCOULD HIT 500 CASES AS SOON ASNEXT WEEK.RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE 45CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS ISOLATEDTHEIR HOSPITALS.17 PEOPLE WHO HAD THE VIRUS,HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GO HOME.184 LEE HEALTH EMPLOYEES AREQUARANTINED AT HOME, AND EIGHTOF THEM TESTED POSITIVE AFTERBEING EXPOSED AT WORK.AND NOW TENTS WILL BE SET UPOUTSIDE SEVERAL ’LEE CONVENIENTCARE’ LOCATIONS...TO SCREENPATIENTS BEFORE THEY GO IN.IN COLLIER COUNTY, N-C-H ISTREATING 21 CORONAVIRUSPATIENTS.ANOTHER 21 PEOPLE HAVE BEENALLOWED TO GO HOME.34 EMPLOYEES ARESELF-QUARANTINED.HOSPITAL WORKERS ARE REUSINGMASKS AND GOWNS TO HELP STRETCHSUPPL