Daytona Beach Radio: Talker Marc Bernier Tests Positive for COVID-19

Marc Bernier

Longtime radio talk-show host Marc Bernier has been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to WNDB  1150 AM / 93.5 FM.

"I don't have an update on him at this point, other than he has been hospitalized," said Mark McKinney, the station's operations director.

It wasn't immediately clear on Monday which hospital Bernier had been admitted to, or his condition, reports the news-journalonline.com.  

A previous anti-Vaxxer, Bernier, one of Volusia County's signature voices on politics and local news for three decades, was off the air and at home sick all last week, McKinney said. 

According to McKinney, Bernier went to the doctor on Friday and received his diagnosis. The talk-show host was hospitalized on Saturday, McKinney said.

News of Bernier's diagnosis comes as Florida this past week reported 22,783 coronavirus cases on Friday — a new daily record, according to the Florida Hospital Association.

The state also set a weekly case record with 134,506 new cases reported from July 30 to Aug. 6, according to the Florida Department of Health's weekly update.

The number of eligible Floridians vaccinated ticked up to 63% this week, compared to 61% the week of July 23 to 29, according to the FDOH. That leaves 37% vulnerable to the virus.