Two more tri-county residents lost their battle with the Coronavirus on Friday as Florida topped 30,000 cases of the illness.
The latest victims include a 60-year-old Marion County woman who hadn’t traveled recently but had been in contact with someone else suffering from COVID-19; and an 83-year-old Lake County woman who hadn’t traveled recently nor come in contact with another patient. The cases were identified Thursday and on April 13, respectively.
That brings the death toll in the tri-county area to 26, with the majority of those – 12 – being in Sumter County. Ten were from Lake County and four from Marion County.
Seventy-seven cases have now been identified in The Villages – an increase of just one patient from Thursday to Friday. Of those Villagers, the overwhelming majority – 69 – live in Sumter County. Seven reside in Lake County and one lives in the Marion County portion of the mega-retirement community.
Sumter County is reporting 167 cases of COVID-19, divided among 107 men and 60 women. Thirty-nine residents of the county containing the vast majority of Villages homes have been hospitalized.
Lake County continues to lead the way with 219 cases. They are divided among 102 men, 105 women and 12 non-residents. A total of 57 have required hospital care.
Marion County is now reporting 148 cases. They are comprised of 63 men, 82 women and three non-residents. Twenty have been hospitalized.
Besides The Villages, those suffering from the virus in the local area reside in Ocala (108), Leesburg (31), Summerfield (17), Lady Lake (10), Wildwood (7), Belleview (4) and Oxford (2). Six patients also live in the Lady Lake portion of Sumter County.
All told, Florida is reporting 30,533 COVID-19 cases, with 29,707 of those patients being residents. There are have been 1,046 deaths and 4,817 people have required hospitalization across the Sunshine State.
