Public Comment on non-agenda items: Nolen Rollins, Chair, Estero Chamber of Commerce, spoke about the financial impacts to the chamber as a result of the coronavirus pandemic which included the voluntary layoff of the director, and moving out of their rental offices and into the Legacy Church for free rent.  They do have seven new Board of Directors. Ordinance No. 2020-04 Council approved, with conditions, this ordinance pertaining to an amendment to the South Estero Commercial Center Commercial Planned Development to allow for medical office as a use in the building that formally housed Blockbuster Video.  This building is located [Read More.]

Lee County Update Tomorrow, July 15, Concourse C will reopen at Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). This concourse has been closed since April 23 to accommodate operational changes and low passenger counts due to COVID-19. https://fal.cn/399JU. What should you do if you think you have been exposed to COVID-19? Florida Department of Health (DOH) guides you through isolating yourself, monitoring for symptoms, and notifying your healthcare provider: https://fal.cn/398O3.   Lee County Schools If you have questions about how Lee Home Connect and the other instructional models for the next school year will will work, join us for a Facebook Live [Read More.]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 13,145,302 (574,072 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 3,374,654 (135,802 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 291,629 (4,514 deaths, 18,881 hospitalizations, 2,688,366 tests, 10.8% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 10,631 (203 deaths, 757 hospitalizations, 80,067 tests, 13.3% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 230 (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.]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c8 Global Confirmed Cases: 13,145,302 (574,072 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 3,374,654 (135,802 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 291,629 (4,514 deaths, 18,881 hospitalizations, 2,688,366 tests, 10.8% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 10,631 (203 deaths, 757 hospitalizations, 80,067 tests, 13.3% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 230 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)

(Updated 7/14/2020 at 1:30 pm) ~287,789 positive cases in Florida residents and 3,840 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.]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 7/14/2020)   Globally 12,964,809 cases (196,775) 570,288 deaths (3,634) Africa 492,660 cases (15,085) 8,430 deaths (177) Americas 6,780,428 cases (110,549) 288,430 deaths (1,853) Eastern Mediterranean 1 302 297 cases (15 646) 31 751 deaths (523) Europe 2,946,104 cases (20,691) 203,957 deaths (373) South-East Asia 1,196,651 cases (33,095) 29,900 deaths (642) Western Pacific 245,928 cases (1,709) 7,807 deaths (66) Highlights The latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published yesterday, estimates that almost 690 million people went hungry in 2019 [Read More.]

Lee County Update What should you do if you think you have been exposed to COVID-19? Florida Department of Health (DOH) guides you through isolating yourself, monitoring for symptoms, and notifying your healthcare provider: https://fal.cn/398O3. Cash tolls continue to be suspended to help reduce person-to-person contact and the spread of COVID-19. If you have questions about cashless tolls or how you will be billed, please visit https://fal.cn/398bJ. Lee County Schools If you have questions about how Lee Home Connect and the other instructional models for the next school year will will work, join us for a Facebook Live Q&A at [Read More.]

Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 12,997,429 (570,220 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 3,327,388 (135,272 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 282,435 (4,381 deaths, 18,498 hospitalizations, 2,642,613 tests, 10.7% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 10,344 (188 deaths, 747 hospitalizations, 78,355 tests, 13.2% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 225 (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 [Read More.]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 7/13/2020)   Globally 12,768,307 cases (215,539) 566,654 deaths (5,037) Africa 477,575 cases (16,279) 8,253 deaths (161) Americas 6,669,879 cases (129,657) 286,577 deaths (3,220) Eastern Mediterranean 1,286,651 cases (15,313) 31,228 deaths (576) Europe 2,925,686 cases (18,029) 203,584 deaths (229) South-East Asia 1,163,556 cases (33,309) 29,258 deaths (618) Western Pacific 244,219 cases (2,952) 7,741 deaths (163) Highlights WHO has updated the risk assessment tools for mass gatherings,religious gatherings, and mass gatherings during sports events to guide authorities and planning and event organizers during the current COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More.]

Health Data:  https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86 Global Confirmed Cases: 12,997,429 (570,220 deaths) U.S. Confirmed Cases: 3,327,388 (135,272 deaths) Florida Confirmed Cases: 282,435 (4,381 deaths, 18,498 hospitalizations, 2,642,613 tests, 10.7% positive rate) Lee County Confirmed Cases: 10,344 (188 deaths, 747 hospitalizations, 78,355 tests, 13.2% positive rate) Estero Confirmed Cases: 225 (death and hospitalization numbers are not provided by the Florida State Department of Health)