April 22 evening update: 1 death, 226 cases so far in Alachua County
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
According to the state dashboard, Alachua County now has 226 COVID-19-positive cases (a new case reported this morning was removed from the list), up from 224 at this time yesterday. One death has been reported.
Paul Myers, the Alachua County Administrator for the Florida Department of Health, clarified yesterday that additional patients have died in local hospitals, but they have been residents of other counties.
24 residents or staff in long-term care facilities have been diagnosed with COVID-19, up from 22 at this time yesterday. According to the latest report, there are two long-term care facilities in Alachua County that have reported positive cases in residents or staff: Oak Hammock and Parklands Care Center.
Available bed capacity in Alachua County is 36.07%.
The state has 28,576 cases (an increase of 707 from this time yesterday) and 927 deaths (an increase of 60 from this time yesterday).
Dade County has 37% of the state’s cases. Broward has 15%; Palm Beach 8%; Orange 4%; and Hillsborough 3%. Alachua County represents about 1.2% of the state’s population and 0.8% of the state’s cases.
5,505 people have been tested so far in Alachua County (up 110 from this time yesterday), and 5,271 tests have come back negative, so 95.8% of the tests so far have been negative. Only 4.1% 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.) No COVID-19 tests are pending in Alachua County, and 8 were 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 171 cases in Gainesville, 12 in Alachua, 9 in Newberry, 7 in Hawthorne, 5 in High Springs, 3 in Waldo, 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: 34 cases
32603: <5 cases
32605: 16 cases
32606: 10 cases
32607: 22 cases
32608: 44 cases
32609: 20 cases
32610: <5 cases
32611: 0 cases
32612: 0 cases
32615: 11 cases
32616: <5 cases
32618: <5 cases
32622: 0 cases
32631: 0 cases
32640: 5 to 9 cases
32641: 10 cases
32643: 5 to 9 cases
32653: 10 cases
32658: <5 cases
32664: 0 cases
32666: 0 cases
32667: <5 cases
32669: 11 cases
32686: 0 cases
32694: <5 cases
32696: 0 cases