Daily Stats
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Florida Department of Health (Updated 5/12/2020 at 12:00 pm)
~40,804 positive cases in Florida residents and 1,119 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.
More than 23,900 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Monday, May 11, which is the highest number of test results reported in a day, to date. Today, as of 11 a.m., there are 941 new positive COVID-19 cases (916 Florida residents and 25 non-Florida residents) and forty-four deaths related to COVID-19.
While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the percent of those testing positive for COVID-19 overall is 7 percent. On May 11, 3 percent of new cases** tested positive.
The Florida Department of Health also releases a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active cases and number of deaths in each facility in order to provide real-time data. The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here. The list of long-term care facilities with deaths in available here. To date, 745 individuals that were staff or residents of a long-term care facility have died.
There are a total of 41,923 Florida cases** with 1,779 deaths related to COVID-19.
Since 11 a.m. on May 11, forty-four people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Charlotte, Collier, Dade, Desoto, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lee, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, Sumter and Volusia counties.
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. This daily report 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 5/12/2020)
Globally 4 088 848 cases (82 591)
283 153 deaths (4 261)
Western Pacific Region 161 872 cases (962)
6 527 deaths (34)
European Region 1 755 790 cases (24 184)
157 880 deaths (1 277)
South-East Asia Region 105 901 cases (5 020)
3 597 deaths (116)
Eastern Mediterranean Region 274 027 cases (8 863)
9 138 deaths (125)
Region of the Americas 1 743 717 cases (41 266)
104 549 deaths (2 675)
African Region 46 829 cases (2 296)
1 449 deaths (34)
Highlights
- WHO has published a new guidance on Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19 as an annex to earlier guidance on adjusting public health and social measures published on 15 April 2020.
- WHO has issued a Statement on Tobacco use and COVID-19. Tobacco smoking is a known risk factor for many respiratory infections and increases the severity of respiratory diseases. A review of studies by public health experts convened by WHO found that smokers are more likely to develop severe disease with COVID-19, compared to non-smokers. WHO urges researchers, scientists and the media to be cautious about amplifying unproven claims that tobacco or nicotine could reduce the risk of COVID-19.
- The Director-General Dr. Tedros in his media briefing yesterday, urged a slow, steady, lifting of public health and social measures (so called lockdowns), which is key to stimulating economies, while also keeping a vigilant eye on the virus so that control measures can be quickly implemented if an upswing in cases is identified.
- In the ‘Subject in Focus’ below, WHO Operations and Support Logistics (OSL), in collaboration with a technical network of universities, architects, biomedical engineers and other health experts, is working to support the establishment of COVID-19 treatment centres, self-quarantine and community facilities at the request of countries seeking technical guidance in setting up such facilities.