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To help disabled people get tested for COVID-19, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue this week began testing those who are homebound.Įlderly and disabled residents who are experiencing shortness of breath, fevers or other symptoms of COVID-19, can call 56 to see if they qualify for being tested in their homes.Īlso, Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach announced it planned to resume in-person classes in the fall. New York state, with 366,000 cases, is by far the leader. cases topping 1.7 million, Florida stands as the state with the ninth most cases, behind Michigan and ahead of Maryland. That percentage growth of confirmed cases in the past week, driven by slowdowns over the Memorial Day weekend, has reached new lows both statewide at 9.5 percent and countywide at 11.5 percent, a Palm Beach Post analysis of Department of Health figures shows. The single highest number of new cases in the county in May came on May 12 with 204.Īs the daily increases have slowed so too has the increase over the past week, a better indicator that reduces the impact of day-to-day fluctuations caused by random submissions of results from private labs. Overall, 5,541 people in the county have been diagnosed since March with the highly contagious disease, state health officials said. In the county, 86 new cases were added to the tally, a 1.6 percent increase overnight.
The number is slightly more than half of the highest daily increase in May, a 1,204-case increase on May 21. An additional 651 new cases were reported on Thursday, pushing the statewide total to 53,285, a 1.2 percent increase since Wednesday. The number of confirmed cases also continued to grow at a slow pace. >Palm Beach County to screen employee temperatures
The eight new reported deaths represented a 2.4 percent increase overnight and resulted in a 6 percent rise over the past week, which featured three days over the Memorial Day weekend with no new deaths reported. In the county, 339 people have succumbed to the disease since the pandemic began sweeping the state in March. The latest report from the Florida Department of Health pushed the number of fatalities statewide to 2,446, a 1.9 percent increase since Wednesday and 10 percent increase over the past week. > Memorial Day Sale: Special introductory offer for new subscribers to The Palm Beach Post! Subscriptions start as low as 99¢ for the first month.įlorida’s death toll from COVID-19 crept up on Thursday with an additional 46 fatalities reported by state health officials, including eight in Palm Beach County.īut the number of new cases has dropped in the past week, bringing totals both statewide and in Palm Beach County to new lows. Please support local journalism by subscribing to The Post: You can have coronavirus news delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for our Coronavirus Newsletter. TO OUR READERS: The Palm Beach Post will continue to provide essential coverage of the coronavirus for free.