JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two Wolfson Children's Hospital patients, one just two weeks old, are among the latest victims of COVID-19 in the Jacksonville area, according to the hospital's intensive care unit chief.
Michael Gayle, medical director of Wolfson's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Wolfson Children's Hospital and chief of UF Health Jacksonville's Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, cited the deaths during an online town hall webinar Wednesday night.
"In the last 24 hours, we've had two children die," Gayle said. "Children do get less problems with COVID, but they do get severe conditions and we are seeing more and more of them in the ICU."
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As of Thursday morning, Wolfson reported 19 patients with the virus, including four in intensive care. Gayle said the hospital's ICU averages five to six COVID-19 patients.
The Times-Union has reached out to representatives of Wolfson and its parent, Baptist Health for more information, but not yet gotten a response,
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