May 7 update: 5 new cases in Alachua County
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
According to the state dashboard, Alachua County has 300 COVID-19-positive cases, an increase of 5 from yesterday. No new deaths have been reported, keeping the total at 5. Four of the five deaths were from long-term care facilities. The 5 deaths were first reported as positive cases on April 9 (2), April 18, April 20, and April 21.
The new cases include three children, ages 5, 10, and 14.
The website with current numbers of long-term care cases in Alachua County shows 63 cases in these facilities, 3 more than yesterday (the top line of numbers is a total for the state). The site says, “The data is not cumulative but reflects the information available for current residents and staff with cases as of yesterday’s date.”
Available bed capacity in Alachua County is 25.2%. With “elective” procedures beginning again, the capacity is expected to decrease.
The state has 38,828 cases (an increase of 826 from yesterday) and 1,600 deaths (an increase of 61 from yesterday).
The state is also now publishing a chart of the percentage of new tests that are positive by day (this chart is for the whole state):
Dade County has 36% 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 0.77% of the state’s cases.
7,858 test results have come back so far in Alachua County (up 69 from yesterday), and 7,550 tests have come back negative, so 96% of the tests so far have been negative. Only 3.8% of the local tests have come back positive so far, and 7.2% of yesterday’s tests came back positive (the number of test results that came back yesterday was unusually low). The state published this chart for Alachua County:
According to the daily report, there are 236 cases in Gainesville, 14 in Alachua, 11 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.
The 7-day average of new cases is down to 4, the second-lowest ever (the 7-day average dropped to 3.7 on April 18, but then went back up to 4.1 the next day). Here is the 7-day average of new cases for the past 14 days, with a trendline:
Cases by zip code
(These numbers are from yesterday – the zip code tab hasn’t yet been updated today.)
32044: 0 cases
32601: 54 cases
32603: <5 cases
32605: 26 cases
32606: 11 cases
32607: 27 cases
32608: 51 cases
32609: 26 cases
32610: <5 cases
32611: 0 cases
32615: 17 cases
32618: <5 cases
32622: 0 cases
32631: 0 cases
32640: 7 cases
32641: 18 cases
32643: 5 cases
32653: 13 cases
32666: 0 cases
32667: <5 cases
32669: 14 cases
32694: <5 cases