Here are today’s updates. Of note, the State of Florida is now in Phase 3 of its reopening plan. This phase lifts the capacity limits on businesses previously put in place. More information can be found, below.
Additionally, Lee County will be re-opening recreation/community centers on Monday, October 12. More information is provided below.
Social distancing guidelines remain important and in place, and we should all do our part to encourage the continued practice of these guidelines.
Estero Updates for Thursday, October 8, 2020:
- Health Data: https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86
- Global Confirmed Cases: 36,306,189 (1,057,996 deaths)
- S. Confirmed Cases: 7,570,173 (212,237 deaths)
- Florida Confirmed Cases: 726,013 (15,254 deaths, 45,483 hospitalizations, 5,496,985 tests, 13.21% positive rate)
- Lee County Confirmed Cases: 21,089 (479 deaths, 1,513 hospitalizations, 150,100 tests, 13.95% positive rate) (no reason was provided on the State Department of Health’s website for the lack of update to the testing figures)
- Estero Confirmed Cases: 514 (The 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 eight testing sites now open in Lee County, at the following locations. More information can be found here: https://www.leegov.com/covid-19/testing
- North Fort Myers Walmart Parking Lot: 545 Pine Island Road, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
- Fort Myers Walmart Parking Lot: 4770 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33966
- Lehigh Acres Walmart Parking Lot: 2523 Lee Blvd., Lehigh Acres, FL 33971
- Century Link Sports Complex: 14100 6 Mile Cypress Pkwy, Fort Myers, FL 33912
- Page Field: 5200 Captain Channing Page Dr, Fort Myers, FL 33907
- Roberto Clemente Park: 3265 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33901
- Chester Street Resource Center: 4816 Chester Street, Cape Coral, FL 33904
- CVS Pharmacy Minute Clinic: 16950 Pine Ridge Rd, Fort Myers, FL 33908 (appointment required and fee may be accessed)
- CVS Pharmacy: 5296 Tamiami Trail N, Naples, FL 34103 (appointment required and fee may be accessed)
- Mobile Testing Site: 4814 Candia Street, Cape Coral, FL 33904
- Mobile Testing Site: 19985 S. Tamiami Trail, Estero, FL 33928
- Lee County Parks & Recreation will re-open and resume normal operating hours for all recreation/community centers and its administration office on Monday, October 12, including the Estero Recreation Center.
- There are now eight testing sites now open in Lee County, at the following locations. More information can be found here: https://www.leegov.com/covid-19/testing
- State of Florida
- The State of Florida is now in Phase 3 of reopening, as of Friday, September 25, 2020. This article does a good job of explaining what this means: https://www.wesh.com/article/phase-3-florida-what-it-means/34165515#
- Village of Estero
- The Village held a Council meeting recently to discuss a variety of topics, among these the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget and tax rate. The meeting can be watched in its entirety here: https://estero-fl.gov/council/watch-meetings-online/
- Private Businesses
- Walmart, Sam’s Club, BJ’s Wholesale, Costco, Publix, Winn Dixie, Whole Foods, Walgreens, Lowe’s and Home Depot all now require shoppers to wear masks.