Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast is one of 27 Florida hospitals that soon will begin issuing COVID-19 vaccinations to people under 65 who are considered extremely vulnerable if infected with the coronavirus.
According to information provided by Mike Burke, spokesman for Ascension Sacred Heart, the Florida Department of Health is doling out 28,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for the initiative. Along with Ascension Sacred Heart s location in Panama City, its hospitals in Pensacola and Miramar Beach also will receive a shipment of shots earmarked for high-risk patients. Ascension Sacred Heart has received 3,000 doses with plans to administer 1,000 in Milton on Wednesday, 1,000 in Destin and South Walton over two days this week and 1,000 in Panama City on Friday, Burke wrote in an email Monday.
Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast is one of 27 Florida hospitals that will soon begin issuing COVID-19 vaccinations to people under 65 who are considered extremely vulnerable if infected with the coronavirus.
According to information provided by Mike Burke, spokesman for Ascension Sacred Heart, the Florida Department of Health is doling out 28,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for the initiative. Along with Ascension Sacred Heart s location on Miramar Beach, its hospitals in Pensacola and Panama City also will receive a shipment of shots earmarked for high-risk patients. Ascension Sacred Heart has received 3,000 doses with plans to administer 1,000 in Milton on Wednesday, 1,000 in Destin and South Walton over two days this week and 1,000 in Panama City on Friday, Burke wrote in an email Monday.
Florida adds 7,788 coronavirus cases, 120 deaths Sunday
The stateâs weekly coronavirus case average and death average both dropped slightly
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Florida added 7,788 coronavirus cases Sunday [ Photo illustration by ASHLEY DYE and MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ]
Published Jan. 31
Florida added 7,788 coronavirus cases Sunday, bringing the total number of cases found since March up to 1,721,377.
Sundayâs cases brought the weekly case average down slightly to about 10,275 infections announced per day.
The Florida Department of Health also announced 120 deaths Sunday, making it 26,915 people in Florida who have been killed by the virus. The death average decreased to about 175 people announced dead per day.
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