- April 25, 2024
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COVID-19 cases in Volusia County are now in the thousands, as the Florida Department of Health reported a total of 1,057 on Thursday, June 18, the same day new cases in the state increased by a record 3,207.
According to DOH's COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard, 51 people have died in Volusia County from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic and 181 people have been hospitalized. A total of 31,069 people have been tested, and overall, 3.4% have tested positive. However, the percentage positive rose to around 5% on June 16-17, DOH reported.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, who has been issuing frequent COVID-19 updates on his Facebook page regarding addresses DOH is monitoring, said that there are currently 494 flagged addresses in the county. He last updated the address count on his Facebook page on June 15, and since then, the new addresses include 79 new locations, and the removal of 20.
"I know we all have COVID fatigue these days — I'm right there with you," Chitwood wrote on Facebook. "We've been seeing reports that a vaccine could be available in large quantities in early 2021. Who knows, but whatever the timeline is, and whatever the daily numbers say, we just have to keep doing what we can to limit the spread and protect the vulnerable among us."
Statewide, DOH reports 85,926 cases,12,577 hospitalizations and 3,061 deaths. An additional 7,717 have tested positive for having a COVID-19 antibody, meaning coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic amount to over 93,000.
