Health Department Ending Some COVID Programs - Cases Decline This Week

    The last day of operations of all three Florida Department of Health in Lake County (DOH-Lake) Covid-19 vaccines and testing sites will be Thursday, June 30. The schedule until that day will be as follows:
•DOH-Lake Community Health Site located at 560 W. DeSoto Street, Clermont, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
•DOH-Lake Leesburg Site located at 2113 Griffin Road, Leesburg, Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
•DOH-Lake Umatilla Site located at 249 E. Collins Street, Umatilla, Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Any resident in need of covid-19 vaccines or testing after June 30 is encouraged to contact their primary doctor's office, local pharmacy, urgent care, and community health centers in their area. Those without a primary doctor can contact the health department office at (352) 771-5500 Monday through Friday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. to schedule an appointment.
    To find additional COVID-19 vaccine locations near you visit, vaccines.gov , text your zip code to 438829 or call 1-800-232-0233 or visit https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/vaccines/vaccine-locator/ To find a testing site near you visit https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/testing-sites/
    For the latest local information, visit lake.floridahealth.gov or follow on Twitter at @FLHealthLake.
    For general information on COVID-19 in Florida, visit www.floridahealth.gov/covid-19, email covid-19@flhealth.gov or call (866) 779-6121.

    In a change from recent trends, Lake County’s new COVID case report showed a slight decline in weekly data released on June 16. Centers for Disease Control Data indicate Lake County posted 1,051 new cases during the period, a 2.05% decline from the previous week.
    Additionally, fatalities were reported as simply less than 10.
    Hospitalizations continued to rise, however, with 63 new admissions reported during the period, an increase of just over 24% from the previous period. Of those hospitalizations, 5.4% of the county’s ICU beds were being used by COVID patients.
    Broadly, Lake County data indicates just over 76% of the county’s residents have received at least one COVID preventative inoculation, and nearly 80% of the county’s population over the age of five have had at least one of the COVID shots.