Eleven residents have died of COVID-19 at eight long-term care centers and 154 residents and staff members have tested positive for the deadly virus at 22 different Marion County facilities.
That’s according to reports released Sunday by the Florida Department of Health. Those numbers show an increase in just three days of five fatalities and 32 more Coronavirus cases at 22 assisted living facilities and nursing homes across Marion County.
The reports don’t specify the dates the deaths took place nor when the residents and staff members tested positive. But they show a clear snapshot of the increases of COVID-19 taking place in assisted living facilities and nursing homes across the county – a trend that’s also happening across the Sunshine State.
Three of the deaths occurred at Palm Garden of Ocala, while two were reported at Timber Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The Harmony House of Ocala, Hawthorne Health and Rehab of Ocala, Brentwood at Fore Ranch, Ocala Health and Rehabilitation Center, Oakhurst Center and Avante at Ocala Inc. each reported one death as well. The report also notes that the death at Avante at Ocala Inc. remains under investigation.
The positive COVID-19 results were broken down as 46 residents, 43 residents who transferred out of the care centers and 65 employees, the report shows.
The most cases – 51 – have been reported at Ocala Oaks Rehabilitation Center, where 26 residents, 10 residents who transferred out and 15 employees have tested positive. Brentwood at Fore Ranch also reported 22 cases – 17 residents, one resident who transferred out and four employees.
The other facilities located in Ocala and Marion County that were listed in the report, as well as the number of residents and employees who have tested positive, include:
- Avante at Ocala Inc. (three residents who transferred out of the facility and one employee);
- Bridgewater Park Assisted Living (one employee);
- Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center (one employee);
- Brookdale Paddock Hills (four employees);
- Canterfield of Ocala LLC (six employees);
- The Club Health and Rehabilitation Center at The Villages (one employee);
- Hawthorne Health and Rehab of Ocala (one resident who transferred out and two employees);
- Oakhurst Center (seven residents who transferred out and four employees);
- Pacifica Senior Living Ocala (three residents and three employees);
- Palm Garden of Ocala (three residents who transferred out and two employees);
- Prestige Manor III (one employee);
- ResCare Inc. (one employee);
- Summerfield Suites (one employee);
- Superior Residences at Ocala Hills (one employee);
- The Club Health and Rehabilitation Center at The Villages (one employee);
- The Harbor House of Ocala (one employee);
- The Harmony House of Ocala (10 residents who transferred out and four employees);
- The Lodge Health and Rehabilitation Center (one resident who transferred out and three employees);
- Timber Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (seven residents who transferred out and seven employees); and
- Windsor at Ocala (one employee).