(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 [Read More.]

(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 [Read More.]

 (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 [Read More.]

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 [Read More.]

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 [Read More.]

(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 [Read More.]

SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours  (last updated 10:00 AM CET 5/28/2020)   Globally 5,593,631 cases (104,505) 353,334 deaths (4,221) Western Pacific Region 177,460 cases (1,056) 6,957 deaths (30) European Region 2,079,924 cases (18,096) 177,331 deaths (1,105) South-East Asia Region 227,611 cases (9,088) 6,630 deaths (271) Eastern Mediterranean Region 461,824 cases (12,234) 11,621 deaths (169) Region of the Americas 2,556,479 cases (60,254) 148,412 deaths (2,584) African Region 89,592 cases (3,777) 2,370 deaths (62) Highlights WHO has published an interim guidance on the clinical management of COVID-19. This guidance document is intended for clinicians caring for COVID-19 [Read More.]

As you know, hurricane season starts on June 1 and runs through November 30, 2020 . Forecasters are predicting an “above-average” probability of major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States this season. The Village of Estero’s website has a webpage which includes a list of important contacts, a list of emergency shelters and how to sign up for AlertLee emergency alerts from Lee County at https://estero-fl.gov/hurricane-season-june-1-november-30/. Floridians have seven days to build a hurricane-season stockpile — including batteries, flashlights, radios and portable generators — free of sales taxes.  This tax holiday starts May 29 and ends on Thursday, [Read More.]

Lee County Update The applications for the LeeCares Individual Assistance or Business Relaunch Program is closing at 5 p.m. tomorrow, 5/29; we anticipate reopening the application process Monday, June 1. Visit https://fal.cn/38l6r. Lee County Parks & Recreation has a limited number of spaces available at various sites for summer camp. Registration for these spots will open up at 8 a.m. Monday, June 1.All Lee County Parks & Recreation summer camp programs will be following Centers for Disease Control guidelines. Summer camp runs for seven weeks; June 15 through July 31. Camp is offered on a weekly basis. The price for each [Read More.]

 (update 5/27/2020 at 9:00 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 [Read More.]