Twenty-one percent of all COVID-19 cases in the local area have been identified in either long-term care centers or correctional facilities.
That’s according to statistics released Wednesday by The Florida Department of Health. Those numbers show that of the 26,254 cases that had been reported in the tri-county area as of Wednesday, 5,512 fell into those two categories.
Of those, 2,163 cases have been identified in area long-term care centers. Twenty-five of those cases are at facilities in Leesburg and include:
- Avante at Leesburg Inc. (10 residents and two staff members);
- South Campus Care Center in Leesburg (six residents and one staff member);
- Vista Lake in Leesburg (six residents who transferred out of the facility).
In addition, 3,349 cases have been identified at tri-county correctional facilities. Some of those, which are divided among inmates and staff members, include:
- 121 at the federal prison in Coleman (13 inmates and 108 staff members);
- 1,083 at Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala (1,005 inmates and 78 staff members);
- 349 at Marion Correctional Institution in Ocala (313 inmates and 36 staff members); and
- 158 at Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell (107 inmates and 51 staff members).
Statewide, nine percent of the 961,676 COVID-19 cases have been identified at long-term care facilities and correctional facilities. Of those, six percent – 55,636 – are at nursing homes and similar centers and three percent – 25,586 – are among those incarcerated and the staff members at those prison facilities.
