Report: 34 long-term care facilities in Florida have confirmed cases of COVID-19

The Florida Division of Emergency Management reports 1,227 cases of Coronavirus throughout the state with the counties of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough and Duval counties representing 60% of all Florida resident cases.

FloridaDisaster.org data through March 23 identifies Miami-Dade County with 265 Florida residents, Broward County with 252 Florida residents, Palm  Beach County with 81 Florida residents, Hillsborough County with 70 Florida residents and Duval County with 46 cases of Coronavirus.

Additional analysis published by the FDEM reveals 34 cases are in residents of long-term care facilities, with 14 cases in Duval County and 13 cases in Broward County.

With data available now down to the city level, the FDEM reports the nine cities and counties with over 30 cases each. They are:

• Miami, Dade 152 

• Missing 59 *

• Hollywood, Broward 58 

• Tampa, Hillsborough 51 

• Fort Lauderdale, Broward 51 

• Jacksonville, Duval 42 

• Orlando, Orange 37 

• Miami Beach, Dade 35 

• Naples, Collier 30 

Death detail is available from the FDEM with 17 deaths through 10:20pm March 23, three in Broward County, two in Clay County, 3 in Duval County, and two in Lee County round out the top ten.

While County Examiner cannot independently confirm their information at this time, on March 23 the Palm Beach Post reported the bulk of the long-term care facilities with the 33 cases are in Jacksonville (Duval County) or Broward County, where two residents of the same nursing home died of COVID-19.