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(Updated 10/14/2020 at 2:00 pm) Florida Department of Health Issues Daily Update on COVID-19 ~Florida has Sixty-Two Consecutive Days of New Case Positivity Rate Below 10 Percent~  TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report each day on COVID-19. Hospitalizations: Today, data reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration shows that the number of COVID-19 positive patients that are currently hospitalized is down more than 70 percent since July. As posted on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s hospitalization dashboard at 12 p.m., there are 2,150 current hospitalizations with a [...]

The State of Florida is now in Phase 3 of its reopening plan. This phase lifts the capacity limits on businesses previously put in place. More information can be found, below.   Additionally, Lee County will be re-opening recreation/community centers today. More information is provided below.   The Village is hosting a PPE (personal protective equipment) care package giveaway on Saturday, October 24th from 8:00am to 6:00pm at the Estero Goodwill store and Estero United Methodist church. Members of the community may pick up their free care package, which will include an N95 mask and Estero-branded reusable mask, travel hand [...]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 37,606,333 (1,078,097 deaths) S. Confirmed Cases: 7,768,629 (214,844 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 736,024 (15,599 deaths, 46,015 hospitalizations, 5,574,469 tests, 13.20% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 21,363 (483 deaths, 1,517 hospitalizations, 150,741 tests, 14.17% positive rate) (no reason was provided by the State of Florida’s dashboard for the decline in the total tests figure) Estero Confirmed Cases: 523 (The death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)

(Updated 10/12/2020 at 2:00 pm) Florida Department of Health Issues Daily Update on COVID-19 ~Florida has Sixty Consecutive Days of New Case Positivity Rate Below 10 Percent~  TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report each day on COVID-19. Hospitalizations: Today, data reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration shows that the number of COVID-19 positive patients that are currently hospitalized is down more than 70 percent since July. As posted on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s hospitalization dashboard at 11 a.m., there are 2,194 current hospitalizations with a [...]

(Updated 10/10/2020 at 2:00 pm) NOTICE: Previously Reported Data Input from One Lab Requires Delaying Daily COVID-19 Reports Reports to Return Tomorrow    Tallahassee, FL – Today's daily COVID-19 reports will be delayed until tomorrow. Last night, the Department of Health received approximately 400,000 previously-reported COVID-19 test results from Helix Laboratory – a private lab that is not affiliated with the state of Florida. The massive size of the data file and the need to de-duplicate hundreds of thousands of results prevented the Department of Health's automatic reporting system from processing yesterday's results as it normally does. State epidemiologists are currently [...]

(Updated 10/09/2020 at 2:00 pm) ~Hospitalizations, Positive Test Results, Long-Term Care Facilities and Fatalities Continue to Show Significant Movement in the Right Direction~  TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report each day on COVID-19.   Hospitalizations: Today, data reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration shows that the number of COVID-19 positive patients that are currently hospitalized is down more than 70 percent since July. As posted on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s hospitalization dashboard at 12 p.m., there are 2,139 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of [...]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 36,625,213 (1,063,532 deaths) S. Confirmed Cases: 7,611,772 (212,840 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 728,921 (15,372 deaths, 45,675 hospitalizations, 5,525,411 tests, 13.19% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 21,175 (481 deaths, 1,514 hospitalizations, 151,954 tests, 13.94% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 516 (The death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)

Here are today’s updates. Of note, the State of Florida is now in Phase 3 of its reopening plan. This phase lifts the capacity limits on businesses previously put in place. More information can be found, below.   Additionally, Lee County will be re-opening recreation/community centers on Monday, October 12. More information is provided below.   Social distancing guidelines remain important and in place, and we should all do our part to encourage the continued practice of these guidelines.   Estero Updates for Thursday, October 8, 2020:   Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 36,306,189 (1,057,996 deaths) S. Confirmed Cases: 7,570,173 (212,237 deaths) Florida [...]

(Updated 10/08/2020 at 2:00 pm) ~Hospitalizations, Positive Test Results, Long-Term Care Facilities and Fatalities Continue to Show Significant Movement in the Right Direction~  TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report each day on COVID-19.   Hospitalizations: Today, data reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration shows that the number of COVID-19 positive patients that are currently hospitalized is down more than 70 percent since July. As posted on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s hospitalization dashboard at 11:45 a.m., there are 2,142 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of [...]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 36,306,189 (1,057,996 deaths) S. Confirmed Cases: 7,570,173 (212,237 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 726,013 (15,254 deaths, 45,483 hospitalizations, 5,496,985 tests, 13.21% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 21,089 (479 deaths, 1,513 hospitalizations, 150,100 tests, 13.95% positive rate) (no reason was provided on the State Department of Health’s website for the lack of update to the testing figures) Estero Confirmed Cases: 514 (The death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)