Hendry County, Fl. Passes 1,000 COVID Cases Today

LABELLE, FL. -- As of Thursday, July 2 there are 1,001 Hendry COVID-19 cases recorded since March 1, or 1 in 41 people including cases found in the new anti-body testing.
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UPDATE: As of Friday, July 3 there are 1,029 Hendry COVID-19 cases recorded since March 1, or 1 in 40 people including cases found in the new anti-body testing.

There have been 27 deaths, which includes 18 from 2 nursing homes.

In Glades county, cases increased this week to 174, including the anti-virus test, and 1 death previously reported, tested so far only 2.7% of the population.

1 in 78 residents have the virus at the current very low rate of testing in Glades County.
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Hendry has the highest 7-day average of new cases among all Florida counties, followed by Suwanee, Hardee, and Miami-Dade.

There have been 25 deaths, which includes 18 from 2 nursing homes.

Only 7.5% of Hendry individuals have been tested. 35.8% or 1 in 3 of those individuals tested in Hendry had the virus.

1 in 62 residents on the LaBelle side of the county have been infected and 1 in 36 on the Clewiston side, the higher Clewiston infections due in part with the high number of agricultural workers living or working in close quarters and not able to implement physical distancing. Three out of four Hendry county cases are Hispanic.

Clewiston had 559 cases, Felda 18, Fort Denaud 7, and LaBelle 329.

In Glades county, cases increased this week to 169, including the anti-virus test, and 1 death previously reported, tested so far only 2.6% of the population.

50.9% of those tested in Glades county to date tested positive for the virus, or 1 of every 2 people tested.

1 in 81 residents have the virus at the current very low rate of testing in Glades County. It is expected the number of infections will increase significantly as more people are tested in the agricultural community and physical distancing isn't followed.

Immokalee in nearby Collier county has 1,511 cases, or 1 in 20 people infected in the area.

Florida's infections numbers climbed again to the highest ever, 179,556 cases, with 10,101 new cases today, the highest daily increase ever recorded. About 1 in every 117 Floridians now show having or had the virus. Florida has the 2nd highest 7-day average of new cases after Arizona.