ORLANDO, Fla. — In January, as the number of COVID-19 cases began to surge due to the delta variant, AdventHealth shifted to “Red Status”.
By June, the rolling positivity rate in Central Florida had doubled to 26%, something doctors couldn’t have predicted.
On Thursday at its regular weekly briefing, AdventHealth announced facilities in its Central Florida Division will shift to “Green Status”.
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The move means facilities in Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Polk, Volusia and Flagler counties will return to largely normal operations.
Dr. Neil Finkler with AdventHealth says the move will allow for non-emergency procedures to resume.
“After seeing our COVID inpatient volumes continue to steadily decline, we are pleased to move to green status, which allows us to resume our non-emergent services that have been on hold for several weeks,” Finkler said.
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AdventHealth said it still has about 890 COVID-19 patients across the Central Florida Division, and while cases continue their downward trend, hospital capacity continues to be high.
“We ask for our community’s continued support by continuing to mask, practice social distancing and get vaccinated,” Finkler said.
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AdventHealth continues to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to the public at several Centra Care locations.
A list of locations can be found here.
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