Florida Department of Health
July 5, 2020
Florida Department of Health:
Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Twenty-Nine Deaths Related to COVID-19
~197,076 positive cases in Florida residents and 3,035 positive cases in non-Florida residents~
Test results for nearly 70,000 individuals were reported to DOH as of midnight, on Saturday, July 4. Today, as reported at 11 a.m., there are:
- 10,059 new positive COVID-19 cases (9,986 Florida residents and 73 non-Florida residents)
- 29 Florida resident deaths related to COVID-19
On July 4, 15.04 percent of new cases** tested positive.
There are a total of 200,111 Florida cases*** with 3,731 deaths related to COVID-19.
Two cases initially classified as Nassau residents have been reassigned to their Florida counties of residence. The total number of positive cases investigated by DOH-Nassau’s epidemiologists and contact tracers is 313 (303 residents, 10 non-FL residents)
For those doing the math, this is three-day change in Nassau’s “percent of results that are positive” – from 7.3% to 8.8% to today’s 20.7%
In zip-code 32034 there are 25 additional Coronavirus cases from yesterday.
I have heard that results posted on Mondays tend to be higher, but let’s not delude ourselves into thinking that it is not the worse it has been so far: it is. And it makes sense that the infection rate for COVID-19 is now worse, given what every health official has been saying for months. I have also heard some say that the death rate is “not too bad.” This is fine when it is not your grandparents, spouse, best friend, child, etc., that didn’t die. Is this the American way, Your right to spread the disease over my right to stay alive? Your right to make a profit over your employees’ rights to not take the virus back home? Callousness over compassion? If there ever was a case for robust unemployment benefits, paid furloughs, single payer health care, a minimum living wage, etc., this is it.