Florida is experiencing an increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations, according to state data.
As of Monday, the state had a daily average of 3,386 people hospitalized with COVID-19 over a seven-day period, the data shows. That’s an 8% increase compared to 10 days prior, on April 16, and a 15% increase from the average of 2,869 hospitalizations recorded this time last month.
In Volusia County, the number has remained steady with a daily average of 106 people hospitalized with COVID-19, which has remained on par with numbers reported 10 days ago.
Halifax Health, which currently has 41 COVID-positive patients, had nearly the same number of COVID patients as 10 days ago, according to spokesman John Guthrie. Those patients, which span across the system s three hospitals, range in age from 23 to 83. It’s unclear whether any of the patients were infected with a COVID-19 variant.
Former FPC principal and former superintendent of the Volusia County school district Tom Russell died in December after contracting the coronavirus. Russell took over the role in 2019, after Robert Bob Wallace, another former principal in Volusia, resigned after 10 months.
Now, FPC can turn its attention toward another vacancy head coach of the school s football program.
Travis Roland resigned earlier this month, accepting the same position at his alma mater, Mainland High. He guided the Bulldogs to the playoffs in four consecutive years, including the first undefeated regular season in school history in his debut campaign of 2017.
Brian Cox, the team s linebackers coach, assumes head coaching responsibilities on an interim basis. The Florida High School Athletic Association s first date for allowable, non-contact spring football practices was Monday.