FLORIDA INFECTION PREVALENCE
Data through 7/18 from @HealthyFla

Infection Prevalence is an estimate of the number of *active* infections in a given area

The short version: confirmed cases tell how infections were found, and test positivity indicates how many were *not*
Haven't posted these graphs of late, one reason being allowing the apparent backlog of test results to clear, but now that they have, picture is clearer

Miami-Dade is by far the highest estimate in the state, breaking even the adjusted scale, and not as of yet leveling off
The I-4 Corridor is in better shape, with some clear leveling off and even declines in these counties

However, the descent is gradual, and even Orange County, previously the poster child of success in Florida, is creeping back up

Those trends do not bode well long term
On the East Coast of Florida, Duval is finally showing its curve bending, as is Martin (which may be overstated here), but the rest of the areas are either leveling off continuing to creep upwards
In the lower part of the state, Lee and Collier have made little progress on the Southwest coast, the Okeechobee region has improved, but may be slipping back up (note the higher scale, perhaps inflated due to lower testing volume)
Finally, in the panhandle, Suwanee has reversed course, but Escambia (among others) is rising very quickly, and now has one of the highest hospitalizations rates in the state

Many of of the under 50K population counties would also show very high, but from very limited testing
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