{"id":18362,"date":"2021-12-19T16:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=18362"},"modified":"2021-12-19T16:41:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:41:29","slug":"we-are-starting-our-fourth-surge-of-covid-in-polk-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/12\/19\/we-are-starting-our-fourth-surge-of-covid-in-polk-county\/","title":{"rendered":"We are starting our fourth surge of COVID in Polk County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Polk County has experienced its lowest COVID-19 positivity numbers in months during November. Positivity numbers has gradually increased during the month of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joy-jackson-1.jpg?resize=265%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18364\" width=\"265\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joy-jackson-1.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joy-jackson-1.jpg?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joy-jackson-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" \/><figcaption> Dr. Joy Jackson <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s quite alarming,&#8221; said, Dr. Joy Jackson, director of Florida Department of Health in Polk County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are definitely seeing an increase of COVID cases in our county, and I encourage individuals to keep that in mind when they make their holiday plans,&#8221; Jackson said. &#8220;We are starting our fourth surge.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Polk County has experienced its lowest COVID-19 positivity numbers in months during November. 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