Deerfield-News.com-Deerfield Beach, Fl-The latest update from Florida Department of Health www.floridahealth.gov

2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

^{as of 6:46 p.m. ET 3/8/2020}

Positive Cases of COVID-19

Deaths

Number of Negative Test Results

Number of Pending Testing Results

Number of People Under Public Health Monitoring

People Under Public Health Monitoring: The number of people under public health monitoring includes those at risk of having been exposed to COVID-19 who are monitoring their health under the supervision of public health officials.

*Florida Cases Repatriated: The United States Department of State officially coordinated the return of a person living in Florida to the United States and those persons are isolated at a federally designated site until healthy. A repatriated case is when the United States Department of State officially coordinates the return of a Florida resident to the United States.

Presumptive Positive: A Presumptive Positive is when a state health lab has a positive test without CDC confirmation.

Confirmed: A Confirmed status is given when the Presumptive Positive sample is then confirmed by the CDC.

The elderly and those with underlying medical problems like high blood pressure, heart problems and diabetes are more likely to develop serious illness. Wash your hands with soap & water. Cover your coughs & sneezes with your arm, not your hands. If you’re sick, stay at home & avoid crowds. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/about/prevention.html and FloridaHealth.gov/COVID-19