April 27 update: 2 deaths, 254 cases so far in Alachua County
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
According to the state dashboard, Alachua County now has 254 COVID-19-positive cases, up from 251 yesterday. 2 deaths have been reported.
According to the latest report, there are three long-term care facilities in Alachua County that have reported positive cases in residents or staff: Oak Hammock, Parklands Care Center, and Signature Healthcare Of Gainesville. Today’s report did not include the chart showing how many cases have been associated with long-term care facilities.
Available bed capacity in Alachua County is 33.86%.
The state has 32,138 cases (an increase of 610 from yesterday) and 1,088 deaths (an increase of 14 from yesterday).
The state is also now publishing a chart of the percentage of new tests that are positive by day:
Dade County has 37% of the state’s cases. Broward has 15%; Palm Beach 9%; and Orange 4%. Alachua County represents about 1.2% of the state’s population and 0.79% of the state’s cases.
6,532 people have been tested so far in Alachua County (up 133 from yesterday), and 6,271 tests have come back negative, so 96% of the tests so far have been negative. Only 3.9% of the local tests have come back positive so far, and 2% of yesterday’s tests came back positive.
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 195 cases in Gainesville, 13 in Alachua, 10 in Newberry, 7 in Hawthorne, 5 in High Springs, 4 in Waldo, 3 in Micanopy, 3 in Tioga, 1 in LaCrosse, 1 in Santa Fe, and 1 in Archer. Location data is not available for all cases.
Cases by zip code
32044: 0 cases
32601: 40 cases
32603: <5 cases
32605: 22 cases
32606: 10 cases
32607: 25 cases
32608: 46 cases
32609: 23 cases
32610: <5 cases
32611: 0 cases
32615: 13 cases
32618: <5 cases
32622: 0 cases
32631: 0 cases
32640: 7 cases
32641: 13 cases
32643: 5 cases
32653: 11 cases
32666: 0 cases
32667: <5 cases
32669: 13 cases
32694: <5 cases