Health officials: Jacksonville COVID-19 surge expected to last several weeks

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Jacksonville COVID-19 surge expected to past respective weeks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The latest coronavirus surge, brought connected by the delta variant, is not slowing down and it’s having an interaction each astir Jacksonville.

News4Jax has been watching arsenic the fig of patients successful section hospitals continues to summation on with the fig of deaths associated with the virus. Health officials said it volition much than apt proceed connected an upswing for the adjacent respective weeks.

Here are the latest numbers from the 3 infirmary groups that springiness america accusation to walk connected to you:

At Baptist Health determination are 560 COVID-19 patients and 12 are children. The infirmary admitted 84 caller patients Thursday including 3 children. There are 102 patients successful intensive attraction and among that number, 3 are children.
At UF Health determination are 240 patients, up 7 from yesterday, with 52 successful the ICU.
At Ascension St. Vincent’s determination are 408 COVID-19 patients, 19 much than Thursday, and 116 are successful intensive care.

Jim Piggott has latest connected exigency rooms and investigating successful Jacksonville

News4Jax has besides been asking astir exigency rooms and each installation says they are inactive unfastened but precise crowded. And those without life-threatening situations could beryllium successful for a agelong wait.

The nationalist cognition is if you get astatine the infirmary successful an ambulance you’ll beryllium seen close away, but that’s not the case, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Some hospitals similar Baptist and UF Health person expanded their ICUs to grip the influx of patients and the mean enactment successful the ICU is astir 10 days.

Visitation is constricted astatine astir facilities.

The pandemic is besides impacting archetypal responders and keeping immoderate of them disconnected the streets.

When constabulary and firefighters spell connected a telephone they are not definite what the concern is. In immoderate cases, they are told it’s a COVID-19 alert, but not always.

JFRD unit continues to person the highest fig of radical temporarily disconnected the occupation due to the fact that of the virus.

Right now, determination are 50 members of JFRD who are affirmative with the coronavirus. No connection connected however galore are oregon person been hospitalized. Besides those with the virus, determination are an further 51 unit members who are present being quarantined arsenic a precaution.

At the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, we are told that 91 unit members are being quarantined arsenic a effect of the virus. JSO did not accidental however galore of them are positive.

In JSO corrections facilities arsenic of Friday afternoon, determination are 98 inmates that person tested positive.

The fig of metropolis employees impacted is really down from past week, but determination are inactive 17 metropolis employees retired with COVID-19.