(Updated 7/28/2020 at 12:30 pm) ~436,867 positive cases in Florida residents and 5,110 positive cases in non-Florida residents~   TALLAHASSEE —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 [Read More.]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 16,534,345 (655,084 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 4,307,542 (148,295 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 441,977 (6,240 deaths, 24,917 hospitalizations, 3,485,141 tests, 12.68% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 14,716 (272 deaths, 927 hospitalizations, 104,234 tests, 14.1% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 315 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)

Lee County Update Beginning today, the Cape Coral Chester Street mobile collection site will increase its operation to six days per week. The collection site will operate from 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Monday - Saturday. Additionally, due to safety concerns caused by daily afternoon storms, the outdoor Page Field collection site will operate from 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. For a full list of COVID-19 mobile testing locations and for information on who can get tested and how to make an appointment, visit https://fal.cn/39nNr. United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades, and Okeechobee Counties [Read More.]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 16,296,635 (649,662 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 4,238,500 (146,968 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 432,747 (6,049 deaths, 24,332 hospitalizations, 3,436,270 tests, 12.59% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 14,540 (259 deaths, 906 hospitalizations, 103,272 tests, 14.1% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 310 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health) CDC Practice “social distancing” by remaining at least 6 feet from others, while limiting gatherings to 10 or fewer people Lee County There are now seven testing sites now open in Lee County, at the following locations. More information can be [Read More.]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 7/27/2020)   Globally 16,114,449 cases (254,274) 646,641 deaths (5,490) Africa 712,920 cases (16,713) 11,900 deaths (192) Americas 8,610,134 cases (150,089) 337,439 deaths (3,715) Eastern Mediterranean 1,482,315 cases (12,336) 37,932 deaths (450)   Europe 3,234,043 cases (17,409) 210,518 deaths (257) South-East Asia 1,786,145 cases (53,897) 40,615 deaths (829) Western Pacific 288,151 cases (3,830) 8,224 deaths (47) Highlights This Thursday it will be six months since WHO declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. At today’s press briefing WHO Director-General Dr Tedros reiterated the basic [Read More.]

(Updated 7/27/2020 at 12:30 pm) ~427,698 positive cases in Florida residents and 5,049 positive cases in non-Florida residents~ TALLAHASSEE —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 [Read More.]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 16,296,635 (649,662 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 4,238,500 (146,968 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 432,747 (6,049 deaths, 24,332 hospitalizations, 3,436,270 tests, 12.59% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 14,540 (259 deaths, 906 hospitalizations, 103,272 tests, 14.1% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 310 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)

The Lee County School District Reopening Toolkit is now on the District's website. Many of the questions stakeholders have been asking are answered in this toolkit here: https://www.leeschools.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=676305&pageId=30478400 They have created four instructional models to meet the different needs of families: face to face, Lee virtual school, Lee home connect and home school.  There is a short video describing the options. Please go to the District's School Reintroduction webpage, navigate to the bottom half of the page, and choose, "Reopening Toolkit."   (The toolkit is an 18mb PDF file so it may take a while to download.) After you have digested [Read More.]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 7/26/2020)   Globally 15,785,641 cases (200,625) 640,016 deaths (4,823) Africa 696,207 cases (16,245) 11,708 deaths (368) Americas 8,385,810 cases (93,499) 332,589 deaths (2 890) Eastern Mediterranean 1,469,979 cases (13,614) 37,482 deaths (432) Europe 3,216,335 cases (20,287) 210,261 deaths (311) South-East Asia 1,732,248 cases (53,254) 39,786 deaths (793) Western Pacific 284,321 cases (3,726) 8,177 deaths (29) Highlights WHO has published an interim guidance on safe Eid al Adha practices in the context of COVID-19. The document highlights public health advice for social gatherings and religious practices [Read More.]

(Updated 7/26/2020 at 12:30 pm) ~418,844 positive cases in Florida residents and 5,011 positive cases in non-Florida residents~   TALLAHASSEE —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 [Read More.]