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(Updated 5/30/2020 at 12:00 pm) ~54,029 positive cases in Florida residents and 1,395 positive cases in non-Florida residents~  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — 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. Test results for more than 16,200 individuals were reported to DOH as of midnight, on Friday, May 29. Today, as reported at 11 a.m., there are: 927 new [...]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 5/30/2020)   Globally 5,817,385 cases (116,048) 362,705 deaths (5,017) Western Pacific Region 180,446 cases (1,944) 7,014 deaths (33) European Region 2,122,350 cases (19,776) 179,353 deaths (975) South-East Asia Region 249,525 cases (11,445) 7,157 deaths (313) Eastern Mediterranean Region 489,921 cases (14,502) 12,078 deaths (245) Region of the Americas 2,677,500 cases (64,408) 154,608 deaths (3,396) African Region 96,902 cases (3,973) 2,482 deaths (55) Highlights WHO has published key planning recommendations for mass gatherings in the context of the current COVID-19 outbreak. The document provides guidance on [...]

 (update 5/30/2020 at 8:00 pm)   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The State of Florida is responding to COVID-19. In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, the Florida Department of Health will continue to issue this update every day through Phase 1 of Florida’s reopening plan. Once the state moves into Phase 2, DOH will provide this update once per week. However, DOH will continue to update the COVID-19 dashboard and post the state report daily. Governor Ron DeSantis is in constant communication with Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz [...]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 5/29/2020)   Globally 5,701,337 cases (107,740) 357,688 deaths (4,354) Western Pacific Region 178,502 cases (1,042) 6,981 deaths (24) European Region 2,102,574 cases (22,650) 178,378 deaths (1,047) South-East Asia Region 238,080 cases (10,469) 6,844 deaths (214) Eastern Mediterranean Region 475,419 cases (13,595) 11,833 deaths (212) Region of the Americas 2,613,092 cases (56,647) 151,212 deaths (2 800) African Region 92,929 cases (3,337) 2 ,427 deaths (57) Highlights WHO has published a surveillance protocol for SARS-CoV-2 infection among health workers. This is a technical tool that countries can [...]

(Updated 5/29/2020 at 12:00 pm) Today’s Stats Lee Health has: 107 COVID-19 patients isolated in our hospitals Submitted 17,046 specimens for testing Discharged 511 patients 197 employees quarantined; 14 employees exposed at work and positive with COVID-19 Click here for graphs showing a running total of specimens collected for testing and positive cases hospitalized.   Today’s News A Message from Dr. Larry Antonucci Thank you to our Lee Health Board of Directors for taking the time to recognize the exceptional work of our teams throughout our health system during their monthly meeting yesterday. These past few months have brought new [...]

(Updated 5/29/2020 at 12:00 pm) ~53,114 positive cases in Florida residents and 1,383 positive cases in non-Florida residents~  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —Today, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) announced that antibody COVID-19 test results data is now available. This report will be provided once a week and contains county, race and lab information on antibody COVID-19 tests conducted in Florida. That report is available here. In order to provide more comprehensive data, DOH 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 [...]

 (update 5/29/2020 at 5:00 pm) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The State of Florida is responding to COVID-19. In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, the Florida Department of Health will continue to issue this update every day through Phase 1 of Florida’s reopening plan. Once the state moves into Phase 2, DOH will provide this update once per week. However, DOH will continue to update the COVID-19 dashboard and post the state report daily. Governor Ron DeSantis is in constant communication with Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz and [...]

Lee County Update The Southwest Florida Community Foundation, in partnership with United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades, and Okeechobee Counties, has created the SWFL Emergency Relief Fund in response to COVID-19 to serve our neighbors in Southwest Florida. Learn more and make a donation today: https://fal.cn/38mE7.   Lee County Schools The Lee Virtual School (LVS) marks a milestone graduating 67 seniors Saturday, May 23rd at 2:00 PM. 67 LVS grads are being conferred virtually in the first online graduation held by the School District of Lee County. The ceremony can be viewed at https://leeschools.zoom.us/…/regi…/WN_HZADbFDCQFGId1YFihh4cw Senior Speeches!Speakers for the Class of 2020 virtual graduation ceremonies [...]

Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 5,851,494 (361,270 deaths) (no explanatory notes provided on State of Florida dashboard to explain reductions) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 1,725,656 (101,706 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 53,285 (2,364 deaths, 9,795 hospitalizations, 953,321 tests, 5.6% positive rate) (see attached graph) (data has not been updated since yesterday) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 1,802 (100 deaths, 422 hospitalizations, 27,085 tests, 6.7% positive rate) (data has not been updated since yesterday) Estero Confirmed Cases: 63 (unknown death and hospitalization numbers)   CDC Practice “social distancing” by remaining at least 6 feet from others Limit gatherings to 10 people or less Tools [...]

(Updated 5/28/2020 at 12:00 pm) ~51,918 positive cases in Florida residents and 1,367 positive cases in non-Florida residents~  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here. Test results for more than 21,900 individuals were reported to the Department of Health [...]