Post on 16-Jul-2020
TOTAL PEOPLE TESTED, NEW CASES & PERCENT
POSITIVITY BY WEEK, STATEWIDE IN FL
134 1,053 7,702
33,755
68,671 73,189 73,562
95,67787,687
118,237 121,911
243,866
172,931
223,986 228,042226,982
302,414
12 79 6403,153 7,363 7,160 6,244 5,763 4,444 4,341 4,986 4,937 5,417 7,434 11,125
21,50635,405
9.0%
7.5%
8.3%
9.3%
10.7%
9.8%
8.5%
6.0%
5.1%
3.7%4.1%
2.0%
3.1%3.3%
4.9%
9.5%
11.7%
Week of
Total Cases Percent
CASES & FATALITIES PER AGE GROUP IN FL
1,886 3,853 19,676 25,795 20,619 19,861 16,561 10,435 6,662 4,4850 0 5 19 59 129 304 713 962 1,228
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10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
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0-4 years 5-14 years 15-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years 65-74 years 75-84 years 85+ years
Cases Deaths
MARCH VS. JUNE
TESTING SITES – MARCH VS. JUNE
By the end of March, Florida had 7 state-
supported testing sites, which had tested a
total of 20,000 people.
Today, we have 41 testing sites, and
they’ve tested more than 438,000 people.
FLORIDA PPE – MARCH VS. JUNE
FDEM was fighting for critical PPE supplies throughout March. By
early April, they had sent first responders and health care workers:
▪ 2.8 million masks
▪ 218,000 face shields
To date, FDEM has sent the following PPE to support health care
workers and first responders:
▪ More than 40 million masks
▪ More than 1.7 million face shields
▪ 3.9 million gloves
▪ 157,000 gowns
▪ More than 12.2 million gloves
▪ More than 2 million gowns
TREATMENTS – MARCH VS. JUNE
Initial treatment of COVID-19▪ Supportive Oxygen Therapy and Early Ventilator Use
January – March 2020▪ Hydroxychloroquine – FDA EUA March 2020
COVID-19 Treatment Evolution▪ Convalescent Plasma – April 2020▪ Remdesivir: FDA EUA – May 2020▪ Anticoagulation Therapy – May 2020▪ Dexamethasone – June 2020
FLORIDA LONG-
TERM CARE
FACILITIES
EARLY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LTC RESIDENTS
▪ Early March – Provided long-term care facilities guidance
on restricting and screening visitors.
▪ March 10 – Sent a visitor screening toolkit developed in
conjunction with stakeholder groups.
▪ March 11 – Issued Emergency Order requiring
comprehensive screenings of both staff and visitors at long-
term care facilities — formalized many precautions AHCA
already asked residential providers to take.
EARLY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LTC RESIDENTS (continued)
▪ March 15 – Issued Emergency Order restricting visitation
at long-term care facilities with narrow exceptions;
required COVID-positive residents to receive two negative
tests separated by 24 hours before being readmitted to
LTC facilities.
▪ March 18 – Required staff of long-term care facilities to
implement universal use of facial masks while in the
facility and wear gloves when providing direct care to a
patient or resident.
FL LTC TESTING RULES & COVID-19 ISOLATION CENTERS
▪ April 14 – Opened first COVID-dedicated facility in Florida.
▪ May 5 – Mandated COVID-19 testing by hospitals of all
patients, regardless of symptoms, prior to discharge to long-
term care facilities.
▪ May 10 – Required mandatory facility access for infection
prevention and control; mandated staff submit to testing.
▪ June 15 – Required mandatory testing every two weeks of
ALL staff in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
PROACTIVE LTC SUPPORT & TESTING IN FLORIDA
RAPID EMERGENCY SUPPORT TEAMS (REST):
▪ Deployed to over 620 facilities to assist with infection prevention and control
VETERAN ADMINISTRATION (VA) TEAMS:
▪ Assisted at 52 long-term care facilities serving more than 6,000 patients
AMBULANCE ASSESSMENT TEAMS:
▪ Visited over 3,900 facilities to complete initial needs assessments and
performed more than 700 reassessments
MOBILE TESTING TEAMS (MMTs):
▪ Conducted testing in more than 2,680 long-term care facilities
▪ Tested more than 192,600 long-term care staff & residents
COVID-DEDICATED NURSING FACILITIES IN FLORIDA
Duval: Dolphin Pointe
146 Beds
Escambia: De Luna Health &
Rehab Center
47 Beds
Charlotte: Port Charlotte
Rehabilitation Center
39 Beds
Polk: Oakbridge Building
120 Beds
The facilities listed have executed agreements for COVID-dedicated buildings and/or wings.
Broward: NSPIRE Healthcare
Lauderhill
60 Beds
Leon: Port PruittHealth
SouthWood
64 Beds
Miami-Dade: Miami Medical
Center (Former Pan Am
Hospital)
COMING SOON
150 Beds
Lee: Gulf Coast Medical Center
Skilled Nursing Unit
48 Beds
Nearly 80% of Long-
Term Care Facilities in
Florida Have NEVER Had
a COVID-19 Positive
Resident.
85% of All FL COVID-
19 Related Fatalities
Have Occurred in
Age Group 65+
T H A N K Y O U