Flagler Hospital reports 67 COVID patients on Wednesday

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The number of coronavirus patients at Flagler Hospital went from 62 on Tuesday to 67 on Wednesday, according to the facility's COVID-19 dashboard.

The hospital's peak was 133 patients on Aug. 12 during the delta surge.

Seventeen COVID-19 patients were admitted and eight were discharged between Tuesday and Wednesday.

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It's unclear how many patients are dying each day since Flagler Hospital doesn't include the COVID-19 deaths in its daily update.

Also, six patients were in the intensive care unit, and four were on a ventilator.

Flagler Hospital reported Wednesday that 47.8% of its COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated.

This article originally appeared on St. Augustine Record: St. Johns County's Flagler Hospital has 67 COVID-19 patients Wednesday