Coronavirus Cases in Nursing Homes
On 4/27/20, the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) deleted cumulative infection data from the daily COVID-19 report. On May 1st, 2020, Mahsa Saeidi with WFLA News Channel 8 On Your Side reported on this (Link to broadcast is below). After weeks of e-mails with FDOH, Boyer and Boyer, P.A. sent a Final demand letter on May 21st, demanding that nursing home infection data be released to the public as it had previously done or a lawsuit would be filed. On May 22nd, that information quietly appeared as part of the daily county COVID-19 report. We are happy to provide you with this information once again. Due to the foregoing, and because the FDOH has not released all data we requested, certain graphs on our website are missing data between 5/14/20 and 5/21/20. Where possible, we have provided an average for the days where there is missing data.
View the WFLA News Channel 8 On Your Side Investigation:
Suncoast Long-Term Care Facility Cases
Sarasota County Reported Coronavirus Cases in Long-Term Care Facilities
Manatee County Reported Coronavirus Cases in Long-Term Care Facilities
Pinellas County Reported Coronavirus Cases in Long-Term Care Facilities
Hillsborough County Reported Coronavirus Cases in Long-Term Care Facilities
Charlotte County Reported Coronavirus Cases in Long-Term Care Facilities
Florida Counties Reported Coronavirus Cases in Long-Term Care Facilities
Florida General Population vs. Long-Term Care Facility Logarithmic with Trendline
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Note: These totals include positive coronavirus cases of residents or staff of Florida Long-term Care Facilities. “Long-term care facility” means a nursing home facility, assisted living facility, adult family-care home, board and care facility, or any other similar residential adult care facility.
