Eight more local residents have succumbed to COVID-19 but the number of new cases in the tri-county area continues to slow.
Five of the latest victims were from Marion County and the other three lived in Lake County. They were described Tuesday by the Florida Department of Health as:
- 76-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive July 13, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with someone else suffering from the virus;
- 68-year-old Marion County man who tested positive July 28, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 64-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 2, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 86-year-old Marion County man who tested positive Aug. 8, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 84-year-old Marion County woman who tested positive July 24, hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with another patient;
- 71-year-old Lake County man who tested positive July 22;
- 83-year-old Lake County woman who tested positive July 23; and
- 91-year-old Lake County man who tested positive Aug. 12 and hadn’t traveled recently.
Marion County is now reporting 8,092 COVID-19 cases – an increase of 46 from Monday to Tuesday – among 3,212 men, 4,799 women, 15 non-residents and 66 people listed as unknown. The age range of victims is under 1 to 106 years of age, with a median age of 42. There have been 148 deaths and 701 people treated in area hospitals.
The overwhelming majority of Marion County cases – 6,382 – have been reported in Ocala, which saw an increase of 34 in a 24-hour period. Others have been identified in Summerfield (319), Belleview (296), Dunnellon (264), Citra (157), Silver Springs (107), Ocklawaha (87), Reddick (65), Weirsdale (48), Anthony (47), Fort McCoy (32), Flemington (31), Orange Lake (10), Sparr (7), McIntosh (6), Lowell (5), Candler (3), East Lake (3), The Villages (3), Fairfield (3), Orange Springs (2), Morriston (2) and Salt Springs (1). A total of 1,376 cases have been reported among inmates (1,290) and staff members (86) at Lowell Correctional Institution and Marion Correctional Institution.
Below is a breakdown of COVID-19 activity in the local area:
TRI-COUNTY AREA
- Cases: 15,938 – increase of 85
- Men: 6,904
- Women: 8,773
- Non-residents: 63
- People listed as unknown: 198
- Deaths: 290
- Hospitalizations: 1,270
SUMTER COUNTY
- Cases: 1,724 – increase of 6
- Age range of victims: 1 to 99 years of age
- Median age: 58
- Men: 858
- Women: 850
- Non-residents: 9
- People listed as unknown: 7
- Deaths: 46
- Hospitalizations: 204
- Area/cities with most cases: The Villages (480), Wildwood (325), Bushnell (262), Coleman (219) and Oxford (105).
LAKE COUNTY
- Cases: 6,122 – increase of 33
- Age range of victims: Under 1 to 103 years of age
- Median age: 42
- Men: 2,834
- Women: 3,124
- Non-residents 39
- People listed as unknown: 125
- Deaths: 96
- Hospitalizations: 365
- Cities with most cases: Clermont (1,564), Leesburg (939), Tavares (675), Eustis (510) and Mount Dora (442).
All told, Florida is reporting 605,502 COVID-19 cases – an increase of 2,673 from Monday to Tuesday. Of those, 599,176 are residents. There have been 10,717 deaths and 37,038 people have been hospitalized across the Sunshine State. Those numbers show 183 more deaths since Monday and an additional 442 people requiring hospital care.0