COVID-19 in Collier County: State reports 84 new cases, 1 additional death
Dan DeLuca
Collier's cumulative case total is 10,202 and its total COVID-19 related deaths increased to 131.
The department identified the newly verified death as a 75-year-old man whose positive case was counted by the state on July 31.
Collier's overall positivity rate dropped slightly to 16.53% Friday, second to Dade (19%) among Florida counties with at least 2,800 COVID-19 cases.
While Collier County is 10th among Florida counties in COVID-19 cases, it is only 20th in total tests (61,702). Every other county in the top 10 in cases is among the top nine in total tests.
One positive trend continued as Colier's seven-day average for new cases dropped under 100 through Thursday to 89.29, the lowest it's been since June 21 (86.71).
A total of 718 people in Collier County have been hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Friday, according to the report, but that number does not reflect the people currently in the hospital, according to the Florida Department of Health.
As of approximately 11 a.m. Friday, there were 134 COVID-19 patients being treated in Collier County hospitals, according to data from Florida's Agency for Healthcare Administration. That's seven more patients since approximately the same time Thursday. The county also had 19.6% of its total hospital beds available and 36.4% of its adult ICU beds available, according to the AHCA. Florida's available percentages were 23.1% (hospital beds) and 17.2% (ICU beds), respectively.
The Florida Department of Health is not reporting how many people have recovered from COVID-19.
Other numbers include the following demographics breakdown:
Age
- Age Range: 0 to 104
- Median Age: 40
Gender
- Male: 4,851
- Female: 5,089
- Unknown/No data: 121
Race
- Black: 607
- White: 4,946
- Other: 1,016
- Unknown/No Data: 3,492
Ethnicity
- Hispanic: 4,097
- Non-Hispanic: 2,458
- Unknown/No Data: 3,506
Residency
- Residents: 10,061
- Non-residents: 141
City of residence (if known)
- Naples: 7,279
- Immokalee: 2,121
- Missing: 439
- Marco Island: 129
- Ave Maria: 60
- Ochopee: 23
- Goodland: 5
- Chokoloskee: 2
- Everglades City: 2
- Apo: 1
Tests reported in Collier (through Aug. 6)
- Total tested: 61,702
- Positive: 10,202
- Negative: 51,436
- Awaiting testing: 207
- Inconclusive: 64
- Percent positive: 16.53%
View yesterday's report. View yesterday's line list of cases and deaths.