More than 1,700 people receive antibody treatment at Jacksonville site in 2 weeks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In the past 2 weeks, the fig of caller patients hospitalized with COVID-19 successful Jacksonville has continued to drop. The decline is not dramatic, and Florida appears to proceed to pb the federation successful caller cases.

In Jacksonville, immoderate steps are being taken to bring the numbers down.

There was a mobile vaccination session Thursday successful downtown Jacksonville extracurricular of JEA successful grant of UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr., a erstwhile JEA committee member, who died July 24 successful a WaveRunner accident successful Palm Beach County. Haley pushed for vaccinations, and present immoderate are listening -- similar James Peeples.

Like galore others, Peeples, 66, was hesitant astatine archetypal to get the shot.

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“First of all, I wasn’t sure. Second of all, I’ve ne'er truly been sick and I’m not trying to get sick. So if this is going to supply maine with a small much hold connected my life, wherefore not?” Peeples said. “I privation to archer everybody spell get your shot.”

JEA said 73 radical were vaccinated astatine Thursday’s clinic.

While vaccination numbers are increasing somewhat successful Jacksonville, hundreds are showing up each time astatine the Regeneron session downtown. The tract offers 4 injections of a lab-made antibody to assistance combat disconnected COVID-19. It’s for those who precocious tested positive, and the anticipation is it volition assistance clasp down hospitalizations.

Records from the city show that 1,716 radical person got the attraction successful the past 14 days. A grounds fig of radical took vantage of the escaped session Wednesday, with 293 doses administered.

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The metropolis has besides added much investigating sites, and News4Jax has learned hundreds are taking vantage of that.

On the archetypal time of operation, 474 radical were tested astatine the Emmett Reed Community Center and 296  radical were tested astatine Cuba Hunter Community Center.

With these steps the metropolis has taken, determination person been immoderate improvements successful hospitalizations.

At UF Health Jacksonville, determination were 169 COVID-19 patients arsenic of Thursday morning. At the aforesaid clip past week, determination were 201.

Dr. Chirag Patel, with UF Health Jacksonville, says that portion that looks encouraging, helium believes it’s going to alteration soon.

“I americium not taking banal successful the downtrend,” Patel said.

Patel said the crushed wherefore is wide infirmary occupancy crossed the metropolis is going up.

“Patients are inactive sick and coming to the hospital,” Patel said.  

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He adds that pediatric cases crossed the metropolis look to beryllium going up, arsenic well.

Patel says what helium is seeing successful the intensive attraction units is troubling because those numbers are not dropping.

“The complaint of folks successful the intensive attraction portion with COVID and connected ventilators continues to really spell up,” Patel said.

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