CORONAVIRUS: Health Department Updates Infected Numbers

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Florida Department of Health just updated COVID-19 infection numbers for the State of Florida at 2:30p Thursday. Here’s the latest from the DOH:

Positive Cases of COVID-19

27 – Florida Residents5 – Florida Cases Repatriated*3 – Non-Florida Residents.

Deaths

2 – Florida Residents

Number of Negative Test Results: 301

Number of Pending Test Results: 147

Number of People Under Public Health Monitoring

476 – currently being monitored. 1230 people monitored to date

Positive Test: A positive test is when a sample sent to the state health lab comes back positive for COVID-19.

*Florida Cases Repatriated: The United States Department of State officially coordinated the return of a person living in Florida to the United States and those persons are isolated at a federally designated site until healthy. A repatriated case is when the United States Department of State officially coordinates the return of a Florida resident to the United States.

Negative Test Result: A negative test result is when a sample sent to the state health lab comes back negative for COVID-19.

Pending Test Result: A pending test result is when a sample sent to the state health lab has not been declared positive or negative at the time.

People Under Public Health Monitoring: The number of people under public health monitoring includes those at risk of having been exposed to COVID-19 who are monitoring their health under the supervision of public health officials.