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10 hours ago Share Current patients are younger, on average, than those from previous surges, AdventHealth Palm Coast Chief Operating Officer Wally De Aquino said.
COVID-19 cases are rising in Flagler County and around the state, forcing some facilities that had eased restrictions to reenact them. We are experiencing another surge, AdventHealth Palm Coast Chief Operating Officer Wally De Aquino said on Flagler Broadcasting s Free For All Friday radio program on July 16.
De Aquino said the hospital doesn t have the ability to check for COVID-19 variants to determine if its patients have the more-transmissible Delta strain.
The average age of hospitalized COVID-19 patients is younger now than it has been in previous surges, he said: It s currently in the 40s, while the average in January had been in he 60s.