covid

Hospital reports positive sign: a steady decline of COVID-19 patients

AdventHealth’s COVID-19 patient census continued to drop this week to about 660 patients hospitalized across hospitals in Lake, Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Polk, Volusia and Flagler counties, the hospital system says in a news release, adding this figure is less than…

Covid vaccine available at Lake middle schools for students 12 and older

Lake County Schools, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Lake, will offer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to students age 12 and older at select middle schools across the county this week. Employees, community residents and other eligible children…

Covid vaccine available at Lake middle schools for students 12 and older

Clermont Fire Department Offers COVID-19 Vaccines to Local Businesses

Local businesses have a new COVID-19 vaccination opportunity. The Clermont Fire Department and the Florida Department of Health in Lake County (DOHLake) are partnering to help vaccinate local business owners and employees at their facilities. “As a business friendly city,…

LSSC offers COVID-19 vaccines to students, staff at South Lake campus

Lake-Sumter State College says in a news release it will offer a COVID-19 vaccination event for its students and employees on April 14-15. This is event is being offered in coordination with the Florida Department of Health and vaccinations administered by the…

Number of Covid patients at AdventHealth across Central Florida continues to decline

For Dr. Victor Herrera, COVID-19 has brought undeniable hardship and tragedy since the first patient arrived at AdventHealth one year ago this week. But the pandemic also brought an unexpected outcome: swift changes and improvements in how all patients receive…

Drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site in Groveland closed temporarily as officials await next shipment

The Florida Department of Health in Lake County (DOH-Lake) Groveland Amazon site will be closed effective immediately thru Monday, February 15, 2021 due to lack of vaccine availability. “We will re-open once our next shipment arrives which is expected to…

Lake County reopens COVID-19 vaccine scheduling system

Lake County will continue administering immunizations for the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine on Jan 21. The Florida Department of Health in Lake County (DOH-Lake) is providing the vaccines for the County’s distribution, to be administered in accordance with Gov. Ron DeSantis’…

Lake County Schools to offer COVID-19 vaccine to older employees and all school nurses and clinic workers

Lake County Schools, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Lake County and the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, is offering free COVID-19 vaccinations to district employees age 65 and older, all school and district nurses, and…

Lake County quickly fills appointment-based COVID-19 vaccinations

Lake County began taking appointments at 2 p.m. Jan. 12 for immunizations for the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine, and then by 2:41 p.m. county officials announced all appointments are full at this time. “Interested persons can text COVIDUPDATE to 888777 for…