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COVID-19: Tuesday mid-afternoon info

   March 31, 2020

Though the coronavirus is expected to peak in the U.S.  by April, Florida will see its peak well after that, according to a model by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Florida’s peak is Sunday, May 3, according to the model. The state has 20,184 beds and will only need 13,232 – which is good news.  The state has 1,695 ICU beds currently and will need 1,992,  so the state is short 297 ICU beds. Florida is projected to have 2,473 deaths by May 2, The death will climb to 5,568 by August 4, according to the model.

Alabama is projected to peak on April 20; Mississippi April 21; and Louisiana – which has a statewide stay-at-home order – April 10.

Ascension Sacred Heart Drive-Thru Stats

From Mayor Grover Robinson:

We now have 2,218 returns on 2,276 test  –  97.45% returned. 

We have 114 positives and 2,104 negative.  The positives are 5.1%. 

Escambia: 69

Santa Rosa: 26

Okaloosa: 6

Walton: 2 

Fl-Other: 3

Alabama: 6

Other states: 2

Sacred says they did 92 test today before the weather turned. It will appear numbers (are) down today, but that will be the result of weather. 

Something is wrong with the Escambia County’s report on samples collected.  According to its COVID-19 Update #27, only 13 samples were collected on Monday, March 30 at the drive-thru sites. Last Monday (3/23), the facility did 190 tests so we were concerned the hospital may have run out of supplies

We asked Ascension spokesperson Mike Burke to check on his numbers. He reported, “The number for tests done (13) is not accurate. We performed over 150 tests at the Ascension Sacred Heart drive-through. We don’t know yet where the error occurred and we are working with the county to update data correctly.”

What’s happening in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana counties along I-10? I’m not sure how rigorously Mississippi and Alabama are testing.

Saturday Tuesday Increase
Alabama 720 952 232 32%
Mississippi 663 937 274 41%
Louisiana 3315 5237 1922 58%
Coastal Counties
Alabama Saturday Tuesday  Increase
Baldwin 10 18 8 80%
Mobile Co. 34 48 14 41%
Mississippi Saturday Tuesday  Increase
Hancock 9 16 7 78%
Harrison 34 45 11 32%
Jackson 25 40 15 60%
Louisiana Saturday Tuesday  Increase
Orleans 1298 1834 536 41%
Jefferson 761 1193 432 57%
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