Estero 8/31/20 Florida Department of Health Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

~Florida Reported Lowest Number of New Cases Since June 14~

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. Today, data reported to DOH shows there has been a steady decline in the number of reported Florida resident deaths who were previously diagnosed with COVID-19. The third week of July compared to the third week of August, shows a nearly 70 percent decrease in the average number of reported COVID-19 related deaths.

Today, Florida had the nineteenth straight day below 10 percent positivity of new cases.

Today, as reported at 11 a.m., there are 1,885 new positive COVID-19 cases and 68 reported deaths – 3 occurred yesterday, August 30. As posted on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s hospitalization dashboard at 11 a.m., there are 3,735 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.

Test results for more than 39,500 individuals were reported to DOH as of midnight, on Sunday, August 30. On August 30, 5.52 percent of new cases** tested positive.

To date, there are a total of 623,471 Florida cases*** with 11,187 deaths related to COVID-19.

Since August 30, the death of sixty-eight Florida residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been reported in Broward, Dade, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Marion, Martin, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties.

Florida long-term care facility data:

In order to make the daily COVID-19 report easier to download and more accessible, the daily report separates case line data in a separate PDF. The case line data report is available here. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county, which is available here. The antibody COVID-19 test results report will be provided once a week and contains county, race and lab information on antibody COVID-19 tests conducted in Florida. The report for antibody tests conducted by private health care providers is available here and the report for antibody tests conducted at state-supported COVID-19 testing sites is available here.

Fort Myers, Fla., August 31, 2020 — The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee), in partnership with the City of Cape Coral, will be providing free walk-up COVID-19 testing in Cape Coral at the Cape Coral Sports Complex.

Testing is scheduled beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, September 18, and will continue weather-permitting, until 12:30 p.m. or until all available tests have been administered.

Location:        Cape Coral Sports Complex

1410 Sports Blvd

Cape Coral, FL 33991

300 tests will be available for anyone 4 years of age or older. There is no fee for the test, and no appointment or doctor’s order is necessary. Children will be referred for testing to the Florida Department of Health in Lee County.

More Information on COVID-19

To find the most up-to-date information and guidance on COVID-19, please visit the Department of Health’s dedicated COVID-19 webpage. For information and advisories from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), please visit the CDC COVID-19 website, this website is also available in Spanish and Creole. For more information about current travel advisories issued by the U.S. Department of State, please visit the travel advisory website.

For any other questions related to COVID-19 in Florida, please contact the Department’s dedicated COVID-19 Call Center by calling 1-866-779-6121. The Call Center is available 24 hours per day. Inquiries may also be emailed to COVID-19@flhealth.gov.

About the Florida Department of Health

The Florida Department of Health, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts.

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