Florida Dept of Health May 12 – Nassau County Cornavirus cases remain at 61

Florida Dept of Health
May 12, 2020

Editor’s Note:  Since there was no change in the number of Nassau County cases which stand at 61, we are posting an abbreviated update.  There is no information at this time from Nassau County Emergency Management.

Florida Dept of Health

Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Forty-Four Deaths Related to COVID-19

~40,804 positive cases in Florida residents and 1,119 positive cases in non-Florida residents~

The state provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

More than 23,900 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Monday, May 11, which is the highest number of test results reported in a day, to date. Today, as of 11 a.m., there are 941 new positive COVID-19 cases (916 Florida residents and 25 non-Florida residents) and forty-four deaths related to COVID-19.

While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the percent of those testing positive for COVID-19 overall is 7 percent. On May 11, 3 percent of new cases** tested positive.

The Florida Department of Health also releases a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active cases and number of deaths in each facility in order to provide real-time data. The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here. The list of long-term care facilities with deaths in available here. To date, 745 individuals that were staff or residents of a long-term care facility have died.

There are a total of 41,923 Florida cases** with 1,779 deaths related to COVID-19.

Since 11 a.m. on May 11, forty-four people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Charlotte, Collier, Dade, Desoto, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lee, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, Sumter and Volusia counties.

Nassau County Cases