Officials in Florida say cases of the coronavirus are continuing to decline, and they are considering a plan to to open nursing homes for family member visits.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks during a news conference along with Dr. Joshua Lenchus, chief medical officer of Broward Health Medical Center on Monday. The number of patients in Florida hospitals for COVID-19 was relatively stable, at just below 8,000 and down from highs above 9,500 nearly two weeks ago.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks during a news conference along with Dr. Joshua Lenchus, chief medical officer of Broward Health Medical Center on Monday.
Miami-Dade County has been responsible for 25% of the state's nearly 500,000 coronavirus cases. Gimenez says hospitalizations have been trending downward in the county for two weeks."We've had a decrease of about 400 patients in the hospital," he said. Another encouraging trend is the decline in the number of people testing positive for the virus."We were hovering above 20 percent for a long time," Gimenez said."Yesterday's rate was 12 and a half percent.
Florida shut down many coronavirus testing sites around the state through the weekend because of Hurricane Isaias, which lowered the number of tests reported Monday. The rate of positive tests statewide is still over 10%, but continues to edge downward."I think the trend is positive," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said."I think we're going to continue to see the prevalence decline.
DeSantis says he wants to begin allowing people who test positive for COVID-19 antibodies to visit family members in long term care facilities. People with antibodies, he says, aren't at risk of catching or further spreading the virus. He's appointed a committee of advocates and officials to look at other measures to allow family members to visit nursing homes.
One of those on the committee is Mary Daniel, a Jacksonville woman who has become an advocate for those with family members in nursing homes. In order to visit her husband, who has Alzheimer's, Daniel took a job as a dishwasher in his assisted living facility. Hermade national news and drew attention to the anguish of caregivers nationwide.
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