AdventHealth goes to 'red status' amid surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
AdventHealth now at "level red"
AdventHealth just announced they've moved from level orange to level red, effective Tuesday. Any outpatient elective surgeries, the majority of those are going to be put on hold for now, so they have enough room to accommodate the influx of incoming serious Covid-19 cases.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - AdventHealth announced Monday in an Orange County coronavirus briefing that its hospitals in Central Florida are moving to "red status."
That designation comes after a surge of COVID-related cases and hospitalizations are flooding their facilities.
As of Monday morning, AdventHealth said it had 862 COVID patients across Central Florida.
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Health officials said that is near the 900 the health system saw in January.
In response to the growing COVID concern, the hospital system said its "red status" distinction means that in order to free up bed capacity, elective surgeries will be postponed and rescheduled.
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