[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by Yucatan2

Perusing the floridahealthcovid19.gov website this morning. There have been roughly 32000 cases in FL, with 5000 people hospitalized at some point (NOT currently hospitalized). Dade county:11440 (37%), Broward 4670 (15%), Palm Beach 2705 (9%), and Orange county 1276 (4%)....these four counties account for 65% of the cases in the entire state. Continuing...Hillsborough 1015 (3%), Duval 965(3%), and Lee 935 (3%) adds up to 74% of all cases in FL.

Lake county 211 cases Sumter 173, Marion 148 at 1% each, 3% total.

Of those cases, Ocala (Marion) had 109, Clermont (Lake)78, The Villages (Sumter)69, Bushnell (Sumter) 57, Leesburg (Lake) 32, Lake Panasoffkee (Sumter) 21, Summerfield (Marion) 18, Tavares (Lake)16, Mount Dora (Lake)14, Groveland (Lake)13, Mascotte (Lake)12, Lady Lake (Lake)10, Citra (Marion)7, Wildwood (Sumter) 7, Webster (Sumter) 7, The Villages (Lake) 7, and Lady Lake (Sumter) 6.

There were a few more towns with 5 or less cases cumulative, since counting began. So, I get 86 cases actually in The Villages to this point.

Further checking on hospitalizations, at this point at SOME TIME during their illness, Lake has had 58, Sumter 40, and Marion 20. Deaths: Lake 10, Sumter 12, and Marion 4.

Concluding....in my observation the entire state of FL is shutting down for 65-75% of cases located primarily near Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville ( the larger cities). A very small percentage of cases and deaths are located in our 3 counties, and even less in The Villages.

Perhaps due to good social distancing.....but at some point we need people to be able to get back to work to support their families. How long should areas that have low numbers of virus patients continue to keep businesses shut down?

Yeah, well, its been said many times WHY the state is shut down. Close things in one place and not another and people will crowd into the open place. A week or so ago, everyone was whining about people from othere areas coming into the villages and contaminating the air. Well, triple that amount of people would come if we stayed open and other areas closed

Cant have it both ways!