Council will address a number of budgetary items as well as the proposed Corkscrew Road/Puente Lane traffic signal interlocal agreement, WCI/Lennar transportation impact fee credit agreement for the Pelican Colony traffic signal and the adoption of the Village seal at their meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. The agenda is available here: https://estero-fl.gov/agendas/ The following options are available for residents to view and/or participate in the workshop: View the workshop online, but not participate: You may watch the meeting via the Village of Estero website link: https://estero-fl.gov/council/watch-meetings-online/. View the workshop online as indicated above and provide public comment during the meeting [Read More.]

Lee County Update It's important residents and visitors of all ages take the necessary steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Stay up to date on current CDC guidelines by visiting https://fal.cn/39dY3. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) in Lee County (DOH-Lee), in partnership with Lee County, FL Public Safety and the City of Fort Myers, will be providing free walk-up COVID-19 testing at Yawkey Park.   Lee County Schools The survey for families to choose their child's instruction model for the start of school is now on our website at www.leeschools.net/school_reintroduction You have until July 26th at 8:00 PM [Read More.]

(updated 7/17/2020 at 7:00 pm) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –  The State of Florida is responding to COVID-19. As of Friday, June 5, the state has moved into Phase 2 of Florida’s reopening plan. The Florida Department of Health will now issue 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 State Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees as the State of Florida continues to monitor and respond to the threat of COVID-19. Today, Governor DeSantis announced [Read More.]

Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 13,859,486 (591,157 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 3,592,316 (138,543 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 327,241 (4,912 deaths, 20,191 hospitalizations, 2,884,245 tests, 11.3% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 12,043 (232 deaths, 788 hospitalizations, 88,131 tests, 13.7% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 257 (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 [Read More.]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 7/17/2020)   Globally 13,616,593 cases (237,743) 585,727 deaths (5,682) Africa 543,122 cases (19,719) 9,130 deaths (311) Americas 7,154,840 cases (137,989) 297,855 deaths (3,554) Eastern Mediterranean 1,346,982 cases (15,089) 33,281 deaths (505) Europe 3,008,972 cases (21,719) 205,482 deaths (476) South-East Asia 1,308,441 cases (39,518) 32,100 deaths (803) Western Pacific 253,495 cases (3,709) 7,866 deaths (33) Highlights WHO Director-General Dr Tedros joined the leaders of Spain to pay tribute to those who lost their lives to COVID-19, and stated that “Spain has shown that with political leadership [Read More.]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 13,859,486 (591,157 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 3,592,316 (138,543 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 327,241 (4,912 deaths, 20,191 hospitalizations, 2,884,245 tests, 11.3% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 12,043 (232 deaths, 788 hospitalizations, 88,131 tests, 13.7% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 257 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)

(Updated 7/17/2020 at 11:30 am) ~323,002 positive cases in Florida residents and 4,239 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#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 13,589,273 (584,990 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 3,499,771 (137,420 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 315,775 (4,782 deaths, 19,825 hospitalizations, 2,819,000 tests, 11.2% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 11,721 (206 deaths, 780 hospitalizations, 86,303 tests, 13.6% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 251 (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 [Read More.]

Lee County Update The School District of Lee County continues to offer free meals to kids and teens 18 and under. To find a Summer BreakSpot meal pickup site near you, visit https://fal.cn/39c9Y.   Lee County Schools Research shows that children who read each day gain an additional month or more of progress in a calendar year. By reading 20 minutes a day, students improve their literacy competency and score higher on reading assessments annually. Review Commissioner Corcoran's Summer Reading List The survey for families to choose their child's instruction model for the start of school is now on our [Read More.]