April 6 evening update: 133 cases in Alachua County

BY JENNIFER CABRERA

According to the state dashboard, Alachua County now has 133 COVID-19-positive cases, up from 123 at this time yesterday. No deaths have been reported. 16 people have been hospitalized (it is unclear whether that is the current number or a cumulative number; the Department of Health just said they don’t have information on recoveries because it is self-reported).

The state has 13629 cases (an increase of 1278 from this time yesterday) and 254 deaths (up from 221 at this time yesterday).

Dade County has 35% 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 less than 1% of the state’s cases.

12 COVID-19 tests are pending in Alachua County. 2351 people have been tested so far in Alachua County, and 2203 tests have come back negative, so 93.7% of the tests so far have been negative (0.5% are pending). Only 5.7% of the local tests have come back positive so far. Of the 123 tests that came back since this time yesterday, 12.3% 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 99 cases in Gainesville, 8 in Alachua, 5 in Hawthorne, 4 in Newberry, 4 in High Springs, 2 in Tioga, 2 in Micanopy, and 1 in LaCrosse. Location data is not available for all cases.

Alachua County zip codes

32601: 18 cases

32603: <5 cases

32605: 11 cases

32606: 5 to 9 cases

32607: 12 cases

32608: 29 cases

32609: 5 to 9 cases

32610: <5 cases

32611: 0 cases

32612: 0 cases

32615: 5 to 9 cases

32618: 0 cases

32631: 0 cases

32640: 5 to 9 cases

32641: 5 to 9 cases

32643: <5 cases

32653: 5 to 9 cases

32667: <5 cases

32669: 5 to 9 cases

32694: 0 cases