COVID-19 tracker: State reports 126 new cases, five additional deaths in Collier County
Dan DeLuca
The Florida Department of Health reported 126 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths in Collier County on Tuesday.
The state listed the newly verified deaths as follows:
- A 65-year-old man whose positive case was counted by the state on Nov. 2.
- An 88-year-old man (Case counted Dec. 1).
- A 78-year-old man who had contact with a known case (Counted Dec. 4).
- A 94-year-old woman (Case counted Dec. 27).
- A 91-year-old woman (Case counted Dec. 27).
Collier County's cumulative total of COVID-19 fatalities increased to 346,18th highest among Florida counties. Of those deaths, 149 or 43% were either residents or staff of nursing homes.
The new cases increased Collier's cumulative total to 23,323, 14th most among Florida counties.
Collier's moving seven-day average for new cases was 163 through Monday, about 38% greater than the average on Dec. 1 (118).
The seven-day average case rate is the average of a day and the previous six days of COVID-19 cases. This rate is recognized as a more accurate measure of the spread of coronavirus in a community. That's because it minimizes the impact of a single day with a very high or very low number of cases.
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Collier's seven-day average for reported COVID-19 tests was 1,514 through Monday, about 30% greater than the seven-day average on Dec. 1 (1,162). The rate is the average of a day and the previous six days of COVID-19 tests.
Collier's seven-day average positivity rate was 10.7% through Sunday, about 0.3 percentage points greater than the same average on Dec. 1 (10.41%). The rate is the average of a day and the previous six days of COVID-19 cases divided by tests.
A total of 1,278 people in Collier County have been hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, 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 2 p.m. Tuesday, there were 95 COVID-19 patients in Collier County hospitals, according to data from Florida's Agency for Healthcare Administration. That's seven more patients than were reported at approximately the same time Monday. The county also had 14.3% of its total hospital beds available and 20% of its adult ICU beds available, according to the AHCA. Florida's available percentages were 20.6% (hospital beds) and 16.6% (ICU beds), respectively. The AHCA also reported a total of 7,348 COVID-patients statewide as of 2 p.m. Tuesday. That's 111 more patients than at approximately the same time Monday.
The Florida Department of Health is not reporting how many people have recovered from COVID-19.
Other numbers include the following demographics breakdown for Florida residents:
Age
- Age Range: 0 to 105
- Median Age: 43
Gender
- Male: 11,114
- Female: 11,507
- Unknown/No data: 86
Race
- Black: 1,204
- White: 13,310
- Other: 2,477
- Unknown/No Data: 5,716
Ethnicity
- Hispanic: 7,663
- Non-Hispanic: 9,562
- Unknown/No Data: 5,482
Residency
- Residents: 22,707
- Non-residents: 616
City of residence (if known)
- Naples: 18,6762
- Immokalee: 2,893
- Marco Island: 574
- Ave Maria: 239
- Missing: 79
- Ochopee: 62
- Chokoloskee: 22
- Goodland: 14
- Everglades City: 13
- Jerome: 8
- Copeland: 4
Tests reported for Collier (through Jan. 4)
- Total tested: 135,535
- Positive: 23,323
- Negative: 112,212
- Percent positive: 17.21%
- Note: The Florida Department of Health has removed cumulative testing data from its COVID dashboard but the data can be viewed here.