Eight more local residents have succumbed to COVID-19 as the virus continues to run amok in long-term care facilities in Leesburg.
One of the victims was a Lake County resident and the others lived in Marion County. They were identified Thursday by the Florida Department of Health as:
- 89-year-old Lake County man who tested positive Aug. 5;
- 57-year-old Summerfield man who tested positive June 18, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with someone else suffering from the virus;
- 59-year-old Ocala woman who tested positive July 19, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 78-year-old Ocala woman who tested positive July 28, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 81-year-old Ocala woman who tested positive July 28, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 94-year-old Ocala woman who tested positive July 31, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient.
- 87-year-old Fort McCoy man who tested positive July 25, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient; and
- 97-year-old Ocala woman who tested positive July 26, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient.
As of Thursday, 21 new COVID-19 cases had been reported at long-term care facilities in Leesburg. Those include:
- Lake Avante at Leesburg Inc., 2000 Edgewater Ave. (six new residents);
- South Campus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 715 E. Dixie Ave. (eight new residents); and
- Vista Lake, 700 S. Lake St. (seven new residents, four of whom transferred out of the facility.
The tri-county area is now reporting 11,755 cases – an increase of 238 from Wednesday to Thursday – among 4,935 men, 6,642 women, 51 non-residents and 127 people listed as unknown. There have been 183 deaths and 905 people hospitalized.
Lake County now has 4,840 cases – an increase of 46 in a 24-hour period – among 2,2224 men, 2,497 women, 29 non-residents and 90 people listed as unknown. There have been 60 deaths and 262 people hospitalized.
Clermont now has 1,202 cases – an increase of 21. Others have been identified in Leesburg (743), Tavares (588), Eustis (406), Groveland (352), Mount Dora (325), Lady Lake (181), Mascotte (174), Minneola (137), Sorrento (128), Umatilla (93), Fruitland Park (89), Montverde (80), Grand Island (49), Howey-in-the-Hills (34), Astatula (33), The Villages (25), Yalaha (25), Astor (23), Altoona (19), Paisley (16), Okahumpka (12), Ferndale (5) and Mount Plymouth (3).
Sumter County now has 1,208 cases – an increase of 28 in 24 hours – among 631 men, 565 women, eight non-residents and four people listed as unknown. There have been 40 deaths and 174 people treated in area hospitals.
The Villages continues to pace Sumter County with 411 cases, followed by Bushnell with 223. Of those, 128 are at the Sumter Correctional Institution among 103 inmates and 25 staff members. Others have been identified in Wildwood (197), Oxford (76), Lake Panasoffkee (63), Webster (59), Coleman (48), Center Hill (36), Lady Lake portion of the county (26) and Sumterville (22). The federal prison in Coleman also is reporting 408 cases among 320 inmates and 88 staff members.
Marion County added 164 cases for a total of 5,707. Those are divided among 2,080 men, 3,580 women, 14 non-residents and 33 people listed as unknown. There have been 83 deaths and 469 people requiring some form of hospital care.
The vast majority of Marion County cases – 4,523 – have been identified in Ocala. Others have been reported in Dunnellon (172), Citra (80), Reddick (71), Silver Springs (70), Ocklawaha (54), Weirsdale (34), Anthony (31), Fort McCoy (15), Orange Lake (8), Lowell (4), Sparr (4), Candler (3), East Lake (3), Morriston (2), Fairfield (1), Salt Springs (1), Williston (1) and McIntosh (1). A total of 941 cases have been reported among inmates (885) and staff members (56) at Lowell Correctional Institution and Marion Correctional Institution.
All told, Florida is reporting 510,389 COVID-19 cases – an increase of 7,650 from Wednesday to Thursday. Of those, 504,768 are residents. There have been 7,871 deaths and 29,131 people have been hospitalized across the Sunshine State. Those numbers show 120 more deaths since Wednesday and an additional 558 people requiring hospital care.
