Updates about COVID-19 on Treasure Coast

May 23, 2020 steven

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The Florida Department of Health’s report Friday listed 951 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Treasure Coast and 46 deaths.

St. Lucie County has 363 confirmed cases as of Friday, an increase of 14 new cases overnight, and 28 deaths. Martin County has 476 confirmed cases as of Friday, an increase of four, and nine deaths, including an additional death reported Friday. Indian River County has 112 cases as of Friday, an increase of two cases, and nine deaths.

Health officials have said the virus is not necessarily the cause of death, but they record people who at some point test positive for the virus and later die.

There are 182 people on the Treasure Coast who tested positive for the virus and have been hospitalized. Some of these people may no longer be hospitalized, according to state health officials.

Scroll down for statewide numbers.

Indian River County

County

Total cases: 112
Residents: 101
Non-residents: 11
Hospitalizations: 28
Deaths: 9

Demographics

Male: 50
Female: 51
Age range: 5 to 95
Median age: 63

Testing

Total tests: 4,583
Positive: 112
Negative: 4,470
Inconclusive: 1
Awaiting testing: 51
% Positive: 2.4%

City (if known)

Vero Beach: 88
Sebastian: 9
Fellsmere: 3
Missing: 1

St. Lucie County

County

Total cases: 363
Residents: 353
Non-residents: 10
Hospitalizations: 87
Deaths: 28

Demographics

Male: 155
Female: 196
Unknown: 2
Age range: 3 to 97
Median age: 53

Testing

Total tests: 8,885
Positive: 363
Negative: 8,512
Inconclusive: 10
Awaiting testing: 52
% Positive: 4.1%

City (if known)

Port St. Lucie: 245
Fort Pierce: 104
Missing: 3
Hutchinson Island: 1

Martin County

County

Total cases: 476
Residents: 465
Non-residents: 11
Hospitalizations: 67
Deaths: 9

Demographics

Male: 236
Female: 213
Unknown/no data: 16
Age range: 0 to 92
Median age: 42

Testing

Total tests: 6,123
Positive: 476
Negative: 5,637
Inconclusive: 10
Awaiting testing: 5
% Positive: 7.8%

City (if known)

Stuart: 198
Indiantown: 183
Palm City: 40
Hobe Sound: 31
Jensen Beach: 12
Okeechobee: 1

Florida

Total cases: 49,451
Residents: 48,150
Non-residents: 1,301
Hospitalizations: 9,117
Deaths: 2,190

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