COVID-19 has claimed 15 more tri-county residents – including a 100-year-old Lake County woman – as the number of cases continue to climb in Leesburg and surrounding communities.

Two of the latest fatalities were from Lake County and the other 13 were residents of Marion County. They were identified Saturday by the Florida Department of Health as:

  • 100-year-old Lake County woman who tested positive Aug. 11, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with someone else suffering from the virus;
  • 88-year-old Lake County man who tested positive Aug. 2, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 70-year-old Marion County man who tested positive June 24, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 88-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive July 17, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 58-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive July 19,  hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 80-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive July 24, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 74-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive July 24, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 69-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 2, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 75-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 3, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 83-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 9, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 93-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 10, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 89-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 11, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 82-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 11, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
  • 90-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive Aug. 14, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient; and
  • 94-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive Aug. 17, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient.

Clermont continues to pace Lake County with 1,548 cases, followed by Leesburg with 918. Others have been identified in Tavares (672), Eustis (504), Mount Dora (435), Groveland (427), Lady Lake (227), Mascotte (193), Minneola (170), Sorrento (141), Fruitland Park (124), Umatilla (123), Montverde (92), Grand Island (62), Astatula (45), Howey-in-the-Hills (38), Yalaha (28), The Villages (26), Astor (25), Paisley (25), Altoona (23), Okahumpka (16), Ferndale (5), Mount Plymouth (3) and Deer Island (1).

Overall, 15,634 cases have been reported in the tri-county area – an increase of 200 from Friday to Saturday. There have been 273 deaths and 1,233 people hospitalized.

Below is a breakdown of COVID-19 activity in the remaining portions of the tri-county area:

SUMTER COUNTY

  • Cases: 1,704 – increase of 24
  • Deaths: 46
  • Hospitalizations: 199
  • Area/cities with most cases: The Villages (471), Wildwood (321), Bushnell (262), Coleman (219) and Oxford (104)

MARION COUNTY

  • Cases: 7,926 – increase of 119
  • Deaths: 134
  • Hospitalizations: 683
  • Cities with most cases: Ocala (6,261), Summerfield (313), Belleview (291), Dunnellon (253) and Citra (152)

All told, Florida is reporting 597,597 COVID-19 cases – an increase of 4,311 from Friday to Saturday. Of those, 591,283 are residents. There have been 10,411 deaths and 36,329 people have been hospitalized across the Sunshine State. Those numbers show 107 more deaths since Friday and an additional 332 people requiring hospital care.