Reported number of COVID-19 cases increases on Sanibel

Dec 8, 2020 By STAFF REPORT / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com 2 min read

UPDATE: The Florida Department of Health reported today that the number of cases on Sanibel rose by one to 94.

Lee County has recorded 32,209 total cases of COVID-19 — 31,458 residents and 751 non-residents — including 96 cases between Sanibel and Captiva, according to the Florida Department of Health.

As of the Dec. 6 update, the DOH reported that it has recorded a total of 1,058,074 cases in Florida. The figure consists of 1,040,727 residents who tested positive, along with 17,347 non-residents.

There have been 19,177 deaths among Florida residents — 1.9 percent of the total cases.

There have been 598 deaths among residents in Lee — 1.9 percent of the total cases.

In a line-by-line report, the DOH has the following total cases for “Lee County” areas:

– Alva: 189

– Babcock Ranch: 18

– Boca Grande: 36

– Boca Raton: 1

– Bokeelia: 78

– Bonita: 1

– Bonita Beach: 57

– Bonita Springs: 2,003

– Bradenton: 1

– Brooklyn: 1

– Buckingham: 9

– Cape Coral: 7,624

– Captiva: 3

– Chicago: 3

– Clear Brook: 1

– Conifer: 1

– Dallas: 1

– Estero: 1,066

– F M: 72

– Florida Gulf Coast University: 43

– Fort Lauderdale: 1

– Fort Myers: 12,750

– Fort Myers Beach: 310

– Hickory: 1

– Immokalee: 2

– Indianapolis: 1

– Labelle: 3

– Lehigh: 271

– Lehigh Acres: 5,067

– Matlacha: 102

– Mattoon: 1

– Milford: 1

– Miromar Lakes: 19

– Missing: 98*

– Mokena: 1

– Naples: 4

– Naugatuck: 1

– North Fort Myers: 1,324

– North Port: 1

– Oakland: 1

– Orlando: 1

– Pineland: 1

– Port Charlotte: 1

– Powell: 1

– Punta Gorda: 2

– Ridgewood: 1

– Rochester: 1

– Saint James City: 62

– San Carlos Park: 3

– Sanibel: 93

– Saxis: 1

– Sebring: 1

– South Fort Myers: 97

– Sun City Center: 1

– Telluride: 1

– Tice: 19

– Tinley Park: 1

– Toms River: 1

– Wheaton: 1

– Wildwood: 1

– Willowbrook: 1

*DOH officials reported that the city name was not entered when the test results were.

For further specifics and statistical breakdowns, visit https://floridahealthcovid19.gov.

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