Two more tri-county residents have succumbed to the COVID-19 virus but the number of new cases in the local area slowed to a crawl on Monday.

The latest fatalities were identified Monday by the Florida Department of Health as:

  • 60-year-old Lake County man who tested positive July 27, hadn’t traveled recently nor been in contact with another patient; and
  • 68-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive July 23, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient.

Lake County is now reporting 6,396 cases – an increase of 11 from Sunday to Monday – among 2,960 men, 3,279 women, 38 non-residents and 119 people listed as unknown. There have been 117 deaths and 409 people treated in area hospitals.

Clermont continues to lead Lake County with 1,620 cases, followed by Leesburg with 1,021 and Tavares with 698. Others have been identified in Eustis (526), Mount Dora (460), Groveland (453), Lady Lake (242), Mascotte (207), Minneola (180), Sorrento (151), Fruitland Park (131), Umatilla (131), Montverde (98), Grand Island (68), Astatula (50), Howey-in-the-Hills (39), The Villages (30), Yalaha (29), Astor (26), Paisley (25), Altoona (24), Okahumpka (16), Ferndale (5), Mount Plymouth (3) and Deer Island (2).

Below is a breakdown of other COVID-19 activity in the local area:

TRI-COUNTY AREA

  • Cases: 16,744 – increase of 42
  • Men: 7,294
  • Women: 9,203
  • Non-residents: 60
  • People listed as unknown: 187
  • Deaths: 347
  • Hospitalizations: 1,372

SUMTER COUNTY

  • Cases: 1,852 – increase of 4
  • Men: 945
  • Women: 885
  • Non-residents: 9
  • People listed as unknown: 13
  • Deaths: 50
  • Hospitalizations: 212
  • Area/cities with most cases: The Villages (500), Wildwood (347), Coleman (280), Bushnell (271) and Oxford (108).

MARION COUNTY

  • Cases: 8,496 – increase of 27
  • Men: 3,389
  • Women: 5,039
  • Non-residents: 13
  • People listed as unknown: 55
  • Deaths: 180
  • Hospitalizations: 751
  • Cities with most cases: Ocala (6,702), Summerfield (339), Belleview (309), Dunnellon (274) and Citra (161).

All told, Florida is reporting 623,471 COVID-19 cases – an increase of 1,885 from Sunday to Monday. Of those, 616,629 are residents. There have been 11,331 deaths and 38,495 people have been hospitalized across the Sunshine State.