Daily Stats (Updated 4/11/2020 at 2:00 pm)
As of today, Lee Health has:
- 75 COVID-19 patients isolated in our hospitals
- Submitted 5,851 specimens for testing
- Discharged 78 patients
- 126 employees quarantined; 25 employees exposed at work and positive with COVID-19
- Click here for graphs showing a running total of specimens sent for testing and positive cases hospitalized.
Today’s News
Photos Show Our Health Care Heroes On The Frontlines
Visual journalist Kinfay Moroti spent time in a Gulf Coast Medical Center intensive care unit, the emergency department and at the specimen collection sites to capture powerful images of our health care staff’s fight against COVID-19. Click here to see the remarkable pictures featured on USATODAY.com. The photos also will be featured in tomorrow’s edition of The News-Press.
Join Us for Mental Health Mondays
Kids’ Minds Matter, a movement managed by the Lee Health Foundation dedicated to advancing pediatric mental and behavioral health services in our community, presents “Mental Health Mondays.” This free, virtual series gives families expert mental health advice, resources, at-home kids’ activities and the opportunity to ask questions. The segments stream live every Monday at 4 p.m. on Facebook.com/KidsMindsMatter.
Cape Coral Mobile Collection Site Closed April 12
The Cape Coral specimen collection site will be closed tomorrow, April 12, but the Lee Convenient Care on U.S. 41 near Page Field will be open. Patients need a physician order and an appointment.
~18,445 positive cases in Florida residents and 541 positive cases in non-Florida residents~
TALLAHASSEE — To keep Florida residents and visitors safe, informed and aware about the status of the virus, the Florida Department of Health has launched a COVID-19 dashboard that will be updated twice daily. We also encourage all Floridians to take the COVID-19 Community Action Survey by visiting www.StrongerThanC19.com.
Today, as of 6 p.m., there are 18,986 total** Florida cases.
While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the percent of those testing positive for COVID-19 overall is 11 percent. Of the 10,616 tests performed on April 10, there were 1,399 positive results, or 13 percent.
Eight people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Brevard, Dade, Duval, Highlands, Hillsborough and Volusia counties.
New Florida cases include:
- 492 additional positive COVID-19 cases (484 Florida residents and 8 non-Florida residents) reported to the Florida Department of Health.
- There are currently 18,445 positive cases in Florida residents and 541 positive cases in non-Florida residents.
Florida recently partnered with private laboratories around the state to expand COVID-19 laboratory testing capacity. This partnership will increase the number of tests conducted each day and ensure Floridians receive the critical health information they need in a timely manner.
Expansion to private laboratories changes the COVID-19 testing landscape in Florida. Private laboratories are running tests as they receive swab samples from practitioners. Testing and reporting times vary among commercial and DOH laboratories. Demographic information may be updated during investigations. These twice daily reports reflect the state’s efforts to accurately and transparently share information.
World Health Organization Update
SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours
(last updated 10:00 AM CET 4/12/2020)
105 952 deaths (6262)
4058 deaths (41)
74 237 deaths (3672)
728 deaths (111)
4943 deaths (172)
21 531 deaths (2237)
444 deaths (29)
- No new country/territory/area reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24
hours. - The total global deaths from COVID-19 has surpassed 100 000.
- WHO has published a document ‘Target Product Profiles for COVID-19
Vaccines’. The document describes the preferred and minimally acceptable
profiles for human vaccines for long term protection of persons at high risk of
COVID-19 infection, such as healthcare workers; and for reactive use in
outbreak settings. For more details, please see here