Reported number of COVID-19 cases increase on islands
UPDATE: As of today’s update, Sanibel’s total number of recorded cases has increased to 171.
Lee County has recorded 45,282 total cases of COVID-19 — 43,907 residents and 1,375 non-residents — including 174 between Sanibel and Captiva, according to the Florida Department of Health.
As of the Jan. 10 update, the DOH reported that it has recorded a total of 1,477,010 cases in Florida. The figure consists of 1,450,620 residents who tested positive, along with 26,390 non-residents.
There have been 22,912 deaths among Florida residents — 1.6 percent of the total cases.
There have been 714 deaths among residents in Lee — 1.6 percent of the total cases.
In the DOH’s line-by-line report, some of the listed Lee County areas with cases include:
– Alva: 319
– Babcock Ranch: 18
– Boca Grande: 53
– Bokeelia: 126
– Bonita Springs: 2,733
– Buckingham: 11
– Cape Coral: 10,975
– Captiva: 5
– Estero: 1,607
– Fort Myers: 17,214
– Fort Myers Beach: 449
– Lehigh Acres: 7,044
– Matlacha: 115
– Miromar Lakes: 38
– Missing: 232*
– North Fort Myers: 1,984
– Pineland: 1
– Saint James City: 165
– San Carlos Park: 3
– Sanibel: 169
– South Fort Myers: 97
– Tice: 25
*DOH officials reported that the area was not entered with the test results.
For further specifics and statistical breakdowns, visit https://floridahealthcovid19.gov.
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