Six more tri-county residents – three from Sumter County and three from Marion County – have succumbed to the COVID-19 virus.
It’s unclear which communities the Sumter County residents lived in, as that specific information wasn’t provided by the Florida Department of Health. But the Marion County residents were identified by the Department of Health in Marion County as being from Ocala and Belleview and suffering from underlying health conditions.
The latest victims were identified as:
- 86-year-old Sumter County woman who tested positive July 18, hadn’t traveled and hadn’t been in contact with anyone else suffering from the virus;
- 83-year-old Sumter County man who tested positive July 23 and hadn’t traveled recently;
- 76-year-old Sumter County man who tested positive July 24 and hadn’t traveled recently;
- 61-year-old Ocala woman who tested positive July 9, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 86-year-old Ocala man who tested positive July 22, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient; and
- 78-year-old Belleview man who tested positive July 24, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient.
Overall, the tri-county area is reporting 11,136 cases – an increase of 171 from Sunday to Monday – among 4,675 men, 6,307 women, 53 non-residents and 101 people listed as unknown. There have been 150 deaths and 810 people have been hospitalized.
Lake County now has 4,708 cases – an increase of 47 in 24 hours – among 2,176 men, 2,423 women, 32 non-residents and 77 people listed as unknown. There have been 51 deaths and 239 people hospitalized.
Clermont continues to pace Lake County with 1,171 cases – an increase of 15. Others have been identified in Leesburg (720), Tavares (584), Eustis (399), Groveland (341), Mount Dora (313), Lady Lake (173), Mascotte (159), Minneola (129), Sorrento (125), Umatilla (95), Fruitland Park (84), Montverde (80), Grand Island (48), Howey-in-the-Hills (33), Astatula (32), The Villages (25), Astor (23), Yalaha (23), Altoona (18), Paisley (15), Okahumpka (12), Ferndale (5) and Mount Plymouth (3).
Sumter County now has 1,142 cases – an increase of 11 in a 24-hour period. Those are comprised of 605 men, 525 women, eight non-residents and four people listed as unknown. There have been 35 deaths and 159 people treated in area hospitals.
The Villages continues to pace Sumter County with 393 cases, followed by Bushnell with 212. Of those, 128 are at the Sumter Correctional Institution among 103 inmates and 25 staff members. Other cases have been identified in Wildwood (180), Oxford (76), Lake Panasoffkee (59), Webster (56), Coleman (41), Center Hill (36), Lady Lake portion of the county (26) and Sumterville (19). The federal prison in Coleman also is reporting 420 cases among 335 inmates and 85 staff members.
Marion County continues to lead the tri-county area with 5,286 cases – an increase of 113 – among 1,894 men, 3,359 women, 13 non-residents and 20 people listed as unknown. There have been 64 deaths and 412 people have required some form of hospital care.
The overwhelming majority of Marion County cases – 4,195 – have been reported in Ocala, which saw an increase of 84 overnight. Others have been identified in Summerfield (222), Belleview (190), Dunnellon (159), Citra (72), Silver Springs (66), Reddick (64), Ocklawaha (49), Anthony (29), Weirsdale (25), Fort McCoy (13), Orange Lake (8), Lowell (4), Sparr (4), Candler (3), East Lake (3), The Villages (3), Fairfield (1), Morriston (1) and Salt Springs (1). A total of 863 cases have been reported among inmates (817) and staff members (46) at Lowell Correctional Institution and Marion Correctional Institution.
All told, Florida is reporting 491,884 COVID-19 cases – an increase of 4,742 from Sunday to Monday. Of those, 486,384 are residents. There have been 7,279 deaths and 27,366 people have been hospitalized across the Sunshine State. Those numbers show 73 more deaths since Sunday and an additional 216 people requiring hospital care.
