129 people have been tested in Taylor County

Posted on April 15, 2020

While negative test results continue to filter into the Florida Department of Health’s (DOH) coronavirus tracking system, Taylor County’s number of confirmed cases held steady at just one as of the Tuesday morning update.

According to figures released by the DOH at 11 a.m. yesterday, 129 people in Taylor County had been tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) – with 128 negatives and one positive.

The positive test was returned April 8 on a 29-year-old female, who resides in Taylor County.

Local DOH officials report the unidentified individual is isolated and receiving care in her home, adding that the patient is “doing well and is checked on daily.”

All four of Taylor County’s direct neighbors – Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette and Madison – have also had at least one confirmed case.

Lafayette most recently confirmed one positive coronavirus case and had tested 39 people as of Tuesday.

In Dixie, 118 people had been tested, yielding two positive test results. One of the two positive cases had been hospitalized.

To date, Jefferson has tested 73 people, with 13 tests returning as positive. As a result, three people have been hospitalized. Jefferson County was also one of the first counties in the Big Bend region to report a coronavirus-related death, as health officials say a 93-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 5, has died.

A 65-year-old man from Wakulla County, who was first diagnosed with coronavirus on April 1, has died, but health officials say the exact cause of death is still pending.

With 14 positive cases, Madison has the highest infection rate of Taylor County’s direct neighbors. Of the 14 positive cases, only one has been hospitalized. Madison has tested 123 people.

Statewide, Florida has surpassed 21,000 cases as of Tuesday’s 11 a.m. update. Of those 21,000, more than 2,900 have been hospitalized and 524 had died as a result of COVID-19.

The number of new cases reported in Florida each day appears to have leveled off over the past two weeks, however around 1,000 new cases are still being reported each day.

According to the most recent report issued by DOH, the largest number of new cases reported in a single day over the past two weeks was on April 3 with 1,307. Since then, the number has ranged from a low of 773 on April 5 to a high of 1,194 on April 6.

Of the seven most recent days with complete data, new positive tests have numbered: 1,045 (April 7), 1,075 (April 8), 1,059 (April 9), 1,118 (April 10), 1,085 (April 11), 837 (April 12) and 971 (April 13).

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