The parent company of Opis Highlands Lake Center in Lakeland reports that the facility has the second-highest number of COVID-19 deaths among its patients in Florida. The death toll at Opis ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – More than half of Polk County’s coronavirus-related deaths are linked to the Opis Highlands Lake Center in Lakeland, medical examiner’s records show. Of the 25 ...

LAKELAND ― Polk County has its first major outbreak of COVID-19 at a nursing home. At least 35 residents of Highlands Lake Center were transferred to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center on ...

LAKELAND — Several families whose loved ones died after contracting COVID-19 at Opis Highlands Lake Center nursing home have hired a law firm as they prepare to file a lawsuit for wrongful death ...

Esther Marie Transue, a resident at Opis Highlands Lake Center assisted living facility in Lakeland, Florida, was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 18 and immediately rushed to a local hospital.