As Florida continues to see an uptick in coronavirus cases, testing is more important than ever.
Yet as Fox 4’s Jessica Alpern reports, we're seeing some areas in our state scale back on testing availability, as others are ramping up.
239-252-6220.AS FLORIDA CONTINUES TO SEE ANUPTICK IN CORONAVIRUS CASES,*TESTING IS MORE IMPORTANT THANEVER.YET AS OUR JESSICA ALPERNREPORTS, WE’RE SEEING SOME AREASIN OUR STATE SCALE BACK ONTESTING AVAILABILITY... ASOTHERS ARE RAMPING UP.WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK ATTHE LATEST NUMBERS ACROSS FOURDIFFERENT COUNTIES TO HELPUNDERSTAND THIS STORY.WE’LL START IN COLLIER COUNTY,WHERE DESPITE FLORIDA’S UPTICKIN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES...THE N-C-H HEALTHCARE SYSTEM SAYSITS DRIVE-THRU COVID-19 TESTINGAT N-C-H BAKER HOSPITAL WILL ENDTODAY.N-C-H SAYS THAT’S BECAUSE IT’SNOW EASIER TO GET A TEST THROUGHYOUR DOCTOR’S OFFICE.DATA FROM THE MOST RECENT STATEREPORT SHOWS THAT OVER THE LAST14-DAYS...COLLIER REPORTED MORE THAN35-HUNDRED TOTAL CASES.AS WE SEE TESTING SITES LIKETHIS SCALE BACK... OPTIONS AREONLY *INCREASING IN OTHER PARTSOF OUR STATE.DURING A NEWS CONFERENCEYESTERDAY, THE GOVERNORANNOUNCED PLANS TO OPEN A NEWTESTING SITE IN PINELLAS COUNTYAT TROPICANA FIELD.THE COUNTY DID SHOW ABOUT11-HUNDRED MORE CASES FOR THESAME TWO WEEK PERIOD.BUT ITS NEW TESTING SITE WILLLIKELY MIMICK THAT OF CENTURYLINK SPORTS COMPLEX IN LEECOUNTY... WHICH WE KNOW HAS SEENA STEADY DEMAND.AND THE NUMBERS FOR LEE ANDCOLLIER COUNTY AREN’T TOO FARAPART... THEY SHOW ABOUT A 540DIFFERENCE.AND THEN THERE’S BRAND NEW SITESLIKE THE ONE OPENING IN HENDRYCOUNTY TODAY, AT THE E-M-SSTATION IN LABELLE.IT’S OPENING DESPITE THE COUNTYREPORTING SIGNIFICANTLY *LESSTOTAL CASES OVER THE SAMEPERIOD... IN THE 800 RANGE.DESANTIS SAYS AMID FLORIDA’SUPTICK... HE PLANS TO EXPAND THENUMBER OF LANES AT VARIOUSSTATE-RUN DRIVE-THRU SITES.SUGGESTING THE NEED FOR TESTINGIS ONLY GROWING ACROSS OURSTATE.SO THE QUESTION THIS MORNING ISWHETHER OR NOT THE CHANGE INCOLLIER COUNTY WILL IMPACT THEAREA’S DATA...WITH PEOPLE LESS LIKELY TO MAKEA DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT TO GETTESTED?TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FULL STA
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds visited with Floyd County health officials to discuss the work they've done during the pandemic.
