Estero 9/16/20 Florida Department of Health Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
(Updated 9/16/2020 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 11:30 a.m., there are 2,480 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. [Read More.]
Estero 9/16/20 Village of Estero Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health Update
Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 29,664,114 (937,111 deaths) S. Confirmed Cases: 6,610,352 (196,349 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 671,201 (13,100 deaths, 41,851 hospitalizations, 4,991,093 tests, 13.45% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 19,617 (453 deaths, 1,459 hospitalizations, 137,470 tests, 14.27% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 465 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)
Planning & Zoning Board conducted public hearing for Pavich Center on September 15, 2020
The applicant was requesting to rezone two lots on Corkscrew Road from agriculture to Estero Planned Development to allow for a variety of commercial uses in a two-story building including 8,000 square feet of office space, 1,050 square feet of restaurant, retail or café, and a 950 square feet of courtyard seating area. Parking would be behind the building. The applicant was also requesting 8 deviations. This property is located at 21250 Happy Hollow Lane and 8910 Corkscrew Road, on the south side of Corkscrew Road and west of Via Coconut Point. The property is in the Village Center future [Read More.]
Estero 9/15/20 Florida Department of Health Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
(Updated 9/15/2020 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 12:30 p.m., there are 2,576 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. [Read More.]
Estero 9/15/20 Village of Estero Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health Update
Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 29,391,667 (930,700 deaths) S. Confirmed Cases: 6,590,827 (195,386 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 668,846 (12,946 deaths, 41,654 hospitalizations, 4,975,926 tests, 13.44% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 19,566 (451 deaths, 1,458 hospitalizations, 137,017 tests, 14.28% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 464 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)
Estero 9/15/20 World Health Organization Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
Global epidemiological situation In the week from 7 through 13 September, there were over 1.8 million new cases of COVID-19, comparable to the previous seven days (Table 1); while deaths increased slightly as compared to the previous week, with over 40 600 deaths reported. The Region of the Americas has consistently registered the greatest number of reported cases for many weeks. It continues to account for nearly half of the global total of cases even as cases have declined in the reporting week. The African Region also showed a decline in reported cases this week and was the only region [Read More.]
Estero 9/14/20 Village of Estero Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health Update
Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 29,114,477 (925,596 deaths) S. Confirmed Cases: 6,531,437 (194,238 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 665,730 (12,800 deaths, 41,374 hospitalizations, 4,948,075 tests, 13.45% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 19,525 (448 deaths, 1,452 hospitalizations, 136,653 tests, 14.29% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 461 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)
Estero 9/14/20 Florida Department of Health Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
(Updated 9/14/2020 at 2:00 pm) ~COVID-19 Related Floridian Deaths Maintaining Steady Decline in Recent Weeks~ 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 2:30 p.m., there are 2,637 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. Positive test results: Yesterday’s statewide positivity rate for new cases is 3.91 percent. Yesterday was the thirty-third straight day below 10 percent positivity of new cases. Overall testing: Yesterday, [Read More.]
Estero on the River public meeting held on September 12, with second scheduled for September 30, 2020
Village consultant Brian Canin is conducting these meetings to encourage input from residents regarding what they want to see happen with this property. The 62-acre Estero on the River property is the land that faces the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and US 41, encompasses a ¼ mile frontage of Estero River, and extends north to Judith Lane and east to the railroad tracks. Canin explained that there are different characteristics on either side of the river. The 16 acres on the south side of the river is very natural with a mature forest appropriate for nature and civic uses. [Read More.]
Longitude 81 Apartments and Hilton Garden Inn to address Design Review Board on September 16, 2020
The Board will start their meeting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, with a public hearing for Longitude 81 Apartments, located west of Ben Hill Griffin Parkway and north of the Miromar Outlets Mall. That will be followed with a workshop for Hilton Garden Inn, located on the corner of Via Villagio and Sweetwater Ranch Boulevard, just east of the Estero Fire Rescue Coconut Point. The full agenda is available here: https://estero-fl.gov/agendas/ Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Community Park. The Council Chambers will be available for public comment, [Read More.]