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COVID-19 testing site hours to change

The hours of Lee Health’s COVID-19 mobile collection sites are changing beginning next week. The Fort Myers mobile collection site at Lee Convenient Care’s Page Field location will be open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to noon. The Cape Coral mobile collection site ...

By the Numbers As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, there are 584,047 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 4,115 since FDOH's last update Tuesday morning.  More than 67,822 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Of those reported tests, 7.08 percent tested positive. The daily percent positivity rate in daily reports among new cases has been under 8% four out of the last five days and under 10% since Aug. 8.  The state saw its highest daily percentage of positive patients July 8, when 18.50 percent of tests reported were positive ...

New cases of COVID-19 continue to decrease locally, throughout the state

By the Numbers As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, there are 579,932 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 3,838 since FDOH's last update Monday morning. More than 56,800 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Sunday, Aug. 16. Of those reported tests, 7.91 ...

State reports lowest increase of new COVID-19 cases since June

By the Numbers As of 11 a.m. Monday, there are 576,094 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 2,678 since FDOH's last update Sunday morning; the lowest single-day increase in new cases reported by the state since June 17. More than 39,100 test results were reported ...

Florida’s COVID-19 confirmed cases pass 560,000

By the Numbers As of 11 a.m. Friday, there are 563,285 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 6,148 since FDOH's last update Thursday morning. More than 89,000 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Thursday, Aug. 13. Of those reported tests, 8.08 ...

Florida’s COVID-19 confirmed cases near 560,000

As of 11 a.m. Thursday, there are 557,137 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 6,236 since FDOH's last update Wednesday morning. More than 34,612 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The positivity percentage of Wednesday’s ...