Record Setting COVID Cases In Florida And Rural Counties

LABELLE, FL. -- As of Sunday, July 12 there are 1,175 Hendry county, Florida COVID-19 cases recorded since March 1, or 1 in 35 people in the county testing positive, including cases found in the new anti-body testing.

28 deaths are reported, including 18 from nursing homes. More than 1 in 3 of those individuals tested so far in Hendry had the virus.

In Glades county, Florida, cases increased this week to 205, including the anti-virus test, and 1 death previously reported. More than 50% of individuals tested in Glades were positive. 1 in 66 residents have the virus at the current very low rate of testing in Glades County.

Florida's infection numbers surged again to the highest ever, 282,688 cases including those in anti-virus tests, with 15,300 new cases today, the highest daily increase ever recorded. About 1 in every 74 Floridians now show having or had the virus. Florida has the 2nd highest 7-day average of new cases, Arizona being number one in highest new cases.

Hendry has the 13th highest 7-day average of new cases among all Florida counties. Clewiston had 621 cases, Felda 20, Fort Denaud 10, and LaBelle 404.

Immokalee in nearby Collier county has 1,733 cases, or 1 in 18 people infected in that area.

1 in 43 residents on the LaBelle side of the county have been infected and 1 in 31 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.