Schools will be opening in just a few weeks. The coronavirus is continuing to spread across the state. There is a likelihood of an increase in the number of positive COVID cases once school starts; and there is a fear that schools will not have the funding nor resources to prepare and protect their students and teachers. This is when Florida residents wonder if it’s too late for strong leadership and a strategic plan?
This virus has hurt our economy, our health, and our country. The virus doesn’t discriminate though favors the elderly and weak. Florida has choices that could make a difference in the way to control the virus by simply Wearing a Facemask, Washing of Hands Often, and Social Distancing.
So-called miracle drugs have proven to have side effect and may not be suitable for everyone. DO NOT take any drug without the advice of your doctor. If you trust your doctor, trust him to prescribe what’s right for you. Not everything you read on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter is true, so take care to protect yourself and your family.
Since March, the state of Florida had a chance to figure out how to test, trace and isolate. However, in some areas, people are still waiting on long lines to be tested and up to 3 weeks for results. It’s important to get tested to monitor the spread of the virus and just as important to get results to determine how to protect ourselves and the ones we love and care for.
State-supported testing sites will be closed until August 5 while tropical storm Isaias decides which direction to take. Hopefully, this will give the State a chance to catch up with testing results.
Since yesterday, the virus soared to 491,884 since mid-March and increased by 4,752 since yesterday. Hospitalized cases climbed to 27,366 an increase of 216 since yesterday. The total number of deaths resulting from the COVID-19 virus is 7,157 residents /(122 non-residents), a rise of 73 Florida residents in the past 24 hours.
In Lake county, since March, 4,708 residents tested positive, an increase of 67 in the past 24 hours. Hospital admissions total 239 (a rise of 2) and deaths remain at 51.
In South Lake County, there is a total of 1,880 cases (an increase of 17 cases since yesterday).
Clermont – 1,171 cases (an increase of 15 cases in 24 hours)
Groveland – 341 cases (2 cases in 24 hours)
Mascotte – 159 cases (0 cases in 24 hours)
Minneola – 129 cases ( 0 cases in 24 hours)
Montverde – 80 case ( 0 cases in 24 hours)
(Hospitalized counts include anyone who was hospitalized at some point during their illness. Numbers do not reflect the number of people currently hospitalized.)
The increase in younger adults being tested may be spiking the numbers of COVID-19 cases but the asymptomatic carriers are unknowingly spreading the virus.
YOU CAN HELP STOP THE SPREAD: WEAR A FACEMASK, WASH HANDS OFTEN, AND SOCIAL DISTANCE.
It’s important to get tested but, it’s clearly as important that results be provided quickly in order to help stop the spread of the virus. Before you leave the testing area be sure you get a contact number to call so you can follow up if you don’t receive results with 24-48 hours.
State-supported testing sites closed at 5 p.m. on July 30 for Tropical Storm Isaias. Sites will reopen by 8 a.m. on August 5
A Closer Look
Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Seventy-Three Deaths Related to COVID-19
~486,384 positive cases in Florida residents and 5,500 positive cases in non-Florida residents~
The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The DOH COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county, which is available here.
In order to make the daily COVID-19 report easier to download and more accessible, the daily report will now separate case line data in a separate PDF. Both reports will continue to be updated daily. The case line data report is available here.
Test results for more than 60,900 individuals were reported to DOH as of midnight, on Sunday, August 2. Today, as reported at 11 a.m., there are:
- 4,752 new positive COVID-19 cases (4,716 Florida residents and 36 non-Florida residents)
- 73 Florida resident deaths related to COVID-19
On August 2, 9.09 percent of new cases** tested positive.
There are a total of 491,884 Florida cases*** with 7,157 deaths related to COVID-19.
Since August 2, the death of seventy-three Florida residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been reported in Bay, Broward, Columbia, Dade, Duval, Flagler, Hillsborough, Leon, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Seminole, Sumter, Suwannee and Volusia counties.
Florida long-term care facility data:
- The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here.
- The list of long-term care facilities with deaths is available here, which is updated weekly.
- To date, 3,066 individuals that were staff or residents of a long-term care facility have died.
The antibody COVID-19 test results report will be provided once a week and contains county, race and lab information on antibody COVID-19 tests conducted in Florida. The report for antibody tests conducted by private health care providers is available here and the report for antibody tests conducted at state-supported COVID-19 testing sites is available here.
More information can also be found here.
* Florida residents that are diagnosed with COVID-19 and isolated out of state are not reflected on the Florida map.
**This percentage is the number of people who test positive for the first time divided by all tests, excluding people who have previously tested positive.
***Total cases overview includes positive cases in Florida residents and non-Florida residents tested in Florida.
More Information on COVID-19
To find the most up-to-date information and guidance on COVID-19, please visit the Department of Health’s dedicated COVID-19 webpage. For information and advisories from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), please visit the CDC COVID-19 website, this website is also available in Spanish and Creole. For more information about current travel advisories issued by the U.S. Department of State, please visit the travel advisory website.
For any other questions related to COVID-19 in Florida, please contact the Department’s dedicated COVID-19 Call Center by calling 1-866-779-6121. The Call Center is available 24 hours per day. Inquiries may also be emailed to COVID-19@flhealth.gov.
