Central Florida COVID-19 infection rate skyrockets

[TexasTowelie]

New data suggest an emerging surge.


The rising rates of COVID-19 infections already showed concerning trends. But new data released Friday, covering the previous week, suggest there may be a new surge coming in Central Florida.

The six counties making up greater Orlando saw a 58% rise in confirmed new COVID-19 cases for the week ending July 8, compared with the week that ended July 1, according to the latest weekly report from the Florida Department of Health.

The week before, the six Central Florida counties — Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia — combined for a 33% increase in new cases. The week before they showed a 21% increase.

In every Central Florida county, health officials tracked more than 110 new cases per 100,000 residents during the latest reported week. That compared with about 70-90 new cases per 100,0000 people the week before, and 50-75 during the several weeks before that.

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/440160-central-florida-covid-19-infections-rates-sky-rocket/

[Blues Heron]

1. They're blowing it. It's not a mystery how this spreads or what to do.

The only thing stopping them from coping is mental. Their minds are trashed and they are letting themselves/us down.

[FloridaBlues]

2. This is what happens when we have poor local leaders

Who aren’t interested in helping the people. Talking to you Gov Ronny

[Dreampuff]

3. We had over 14,000 new cases in the previous week count.

Florida no longer has posted daily and it is supposedly because we entered a new phase a couple of months ago. I still think the governor is embarrassed because we were always the highest.

Wait until our next numbers are released. We had nearly 5,000 Friday and nearly 6,000 Saturday. This isn't going to be a good thing.