Five other villagers have tested positive for COVID-19 as Florida and the three-county area continue to see a renewed outbreak of the life-threatening virus.
The five residents of The Villages live in the Sumter County part of the mega retirement community, where 100 of the 112 cases have been identified in Florida’s friendliest city. Of the others, 10 are in Lake County and two are in the Marion County section of the expanding retirement community.
The Florida Department of Health did not release specific information about those villagers, but the last patients in Sumter County were identified as:
- 28-year-old man;
- 76-year-old woman;
- 60 year old woman;
- 24-year-old woman;
- 77-year-old woman;
- 20 year old man;
- 67-year-old woman; and
- 68-year-old man.
Twenty new cases of Coronavirus were also reported in communities outside the confines of The Villages. These include:
- Leesburg climbed 10 for a total of 157;
- Summerfield climbed three for a total of 54;
- Belleview up to one for a total of 36;
- Lady Lake climbed two for a total of 33;
- Fruitland Park climbs one for a total of 16; and
- Wildwood raises three for a total of 15.
As of Sunday, the three-county area reported 2,150 cases of COVID-19, an increase of 135 from Saturday to Sunday, among 1,092 men, 1,025 women, 26 nonresidents, and seven people listed as unknown. There have been 49 deaths and 223 people have been hospitalized.
Lake County continues to mark the three-county area with 1,192 cases, or 55.5 percent of those reported in the local area. They are divided between 591 men, 578 women, 17 non-residents and six people who are listed as unknown. There have been 22 deaths and 109 people have required some form of hospital care.
Clermont remains the leader among coronavirus cases in Lake County with 295, an increase from 28 in a 24-hour period. Other cases have been identified in Tavares (211, at least 119 of them at the Lake County Jail), Eustis (121), Mount Dora (68), Groveland (64), Sorrento (30), Minneola (27), Umatilla (18), Mascotte (20), Montverde (12), Howey-in-the-Hills (11), Grand Island (7), Okahumpka (7), Altoona (5), Astor (4), Paisley (3 ), Astatula (3) and Yalaha (6).
Sumter County is now reporting 327 cases, an increase of eight in a 24-hour period, among 220 men, 104 women, and three nonresidents. There have been 17 deaths and 48 people have been hospitalized.
Bushnell continues to lead the way in Sumter County with 126 cases, 120 of which are at the Sumter Correctional Institution. Others have been identified in Lake Panasoffkee (22), Oxford (22), Webster (12), Lady Lake County (7), Coleman (7), Center Hill (6) and Sumterville (5). Coleman Federal Prison has also identified eight cases among seven staff members and one inmate.
Marion County increased in 33 cases to a total of 631. They are divided between 281 men, 343 women, six non-residents and one person listed as unknown. There have been 10 deaths and 66 people have been seen in area hospitals.
The overwhelming majority of Marion County cases, 422, have been identified in Ocala, which experienced an increase of 20 overnight. Other cases have been reported in Dunnellon (25), Citra (16), Ocklawaha (12), Silver Springs (7), Reddick (6), Weirsdale (6), Anthony (5), Fort McCoy (2) and Lowell ( one)
Overall, Florida reports 141,075 cases of COVID-19, an increase of 8,530 in a 24-hour period. Of these, 138,567 are residents. There have been 3,419 deaths and 14,244 people have been hospitalized throughout the Sunshine State. Those numbers show 29 more deaths since Wednesday and an additional 108 people are being treated in hospitals.
