April 13 morning update: 183 cases in Alachua County
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
As we suspected, the big jump in new positive tests that was reported yesterday was an error. According to the state dashboard, Alachua County now has 183 COVID-19-positive cases, up from 177 at this time yesterday. No deaths have been reported. 24 people to date have been hospitalized (no information about recoveries or current hospitalization counts is available).
15 residents or staff in long-term care facilities have been diagnosed with COVID-19 – no change from yesterday. The median age of those with positive tests is 44.
Available bed capacity in Alachua County is 39.65%
The state has 20601 cases (an increase of 1254 from this time yesterday) and 470 deaths (an increase of 18 from this time yesterday).
Dade County has 36% of the state’s cases. Broward has 15%; Palm Beach 8%; Orange 5%; and Hillsborough 4%. Alachua County represents about 1.2% of the state’s population and 0.89% of the state’s cases.
4001 people have been tested so far in Alachua County (up 206 from this time yesterday), and 3809 tests have come back negative, so 95% of the tests so far have been negative. Only 4.6% of the local tests have come back positive so far. Of the test results that came back since yesterday morning, 2.9% were positive. (The numbers in the various categories don’t add up to the total number of tests listed on the dashboard, but since we don’t know which number is incorrect, we’re reporting them as they’re given on the dashboard.) 4 COVID-19 tests are pending in Alachua County, and 9 are inconclusive.
According to the daily report (note that the data in that report and the dashboard don’t always match up because they are published at different times), there are 139 cases in Gainesville, 11 in Alachua, 8 in Newberry, 5 in Hawthorne, 4 in High Springs, 3 in Micanopy, 2 in Tioga, 1 in LaCrosse, and 1 in Archer. Location data is not available for all cases.
Cases by zip code
32025: 0 cases
32038: 0 cases
32044: 0 cases
32054: 0 cases
32091: 0 cases
32113: 0 cases
32601: 26 cases
32603: <5 cases
32605: 12 cases
32606: 5 to 9 cases
32607: 20 cases
32608: 38 cases
32609: 13 cases
32610: <5 cases
32611: 0 cases
32612: 0 cases
32615: 10 cases
32616: <5 cases
32618: <5 cases
32622: 0 cases
32631: 0 cases
32640: 5 to 9 cases
32641: 5 to 9 cases
32643: <5 cases
32653: 10 cases
32658: <5 cases
32664: 0 cases
32666: 0 cases
32667: <5 cases
32669: 10 cases
32686: 0 cases
32694: 0 cases
32696: 0 cases