April 15 evening update: 196 cases in Alachua County
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
According to the state dashboard, Alachua County now has 196 COVID-19-positive cases, up from 195 at this time yesterday. No deaths have been reported. 27 people to date have been hospitalized (no information about recoveries or current hospitalization counts is available). The median age of those with positive tests is 44.
21 residents or staff in long-term care facilities have been diagnosed with COVID-19, up from 18 yesterday.
Available bed capacity in Alachua County is 36.87%.
The state has 22519 cases (an increase of 891 from this time yesterday) and 614 deaths (an increase of 43 from this time yesterday).
Dade County has 37% 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 0.87% of the state’s cases.
4237 people have been tested so far in Alachua County (up 120 from this time yesterday), and 4033 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. (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 10 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 147 cases in Gainesville, 14 in Alachua, 8 in Newberry, 6 in Hawthorne, 4 in High Springs, 3 in Micanopy, 2 in Tioga, 1 in Waldo, 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: 28 cases
32603: <5 cases
32605: 13 cases
32606: 5 to 9 cases
32607: 21 cases
32608: 41 cases
32609: 14 cases
32610: <5 cases
32611: 0 cases
32612: 0 cases
32615: 13 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: <5 cases
32696: 0 cases