Local COVID-19 Case Updates – 3/17

March 14, WKRG, FL Department of Health, 6:04 a.m.

Volusia County

  • Twenty-nine-year-old male
    • Tested positive 
    • Isolated and will remain isolated until cleared by public health officials. 
    • Traveled-related and associated with contact from travel and was exposed to someone with COVID-19.

Osceola County

  • Fifty-four-year-old male
    • Tested positive 
    • Unclear if the travel-related case – an epidemiological investigation is being conducted 

Orange County

  • Sixty-eight-year-old female 
    • Tested positive in California from traveling to Asia 
    • Deceased 
  • Forty-one-year-old male 
    • Tested positive 
    • Will remain in isolation and in quarantine until cleared by public health officials 
    • Currently unknown whether it was the travel-related case. An epidemiologic investigation is being conducted

The Daytona Beach News-Journal 

7:15 PM

  • On the night of Friday, March 13, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood posted to his personal page about how the community does not have enough information about COVID-19 in Volusia
  • Chris A. Bridges said, “Chitwood then provided a list of cases where someone is being monitored for the coronavirus: one in Daytona Beach, four in Ormond Beach, three in Port Orange, two in New Smyrna Beach, three in Deltona, five in DeLand, and two in DeBary.” 

March 15

The Daytona Beach News-Journal 

1:53 a.m.

Volusia County 

  • Seventy-year-old female 
    • Tested positive 
    • Will remain in isolation & and in quarantine until cleared by public health officials 
    • Associated with a Nile River Cruise Tour in Egypt
  • Sixty-six year- old female 
    • Tested positive 
    • Associated with a Nile River Cruise and Tour in Egypt
  • Sixty-year-old female 
    • Tested positive 
    • Will remain in quarantine until cleared by public health officials
    • Associated with Nile River Cruise Tour in Egypt

4:19 a.m.

Orange County

  • Forty-eight year- old female 
    • Tested positive 
    • Will continue to remain isolated until cleared by public health officials

WFTV 9 (FDOH)

9:45 a.m.

Volusia County

  • Seventy-four-year old male 
    • Tested positive 
    • Will continue to remain isolated until cleared by public health officials 

 

Public School Changes (as Announced by Governor Ron De Santis)

March 17 

5:15 p.m.

  • K-12 testing and statewide testing will be canceled for the school year 

5:18 p.m.

  • Not sure if K-12 students will continue virtual school through the remainder of the school year 
  • As of this time, students will at least not return to campus until Apr. 15

5:40 p.m. 

  • Seminole county schools students will not return to campus until Apr.15
  • There will be no school grades released for the 2019-2020 school year

6:10 p.m. 

  • Volusia schools are closed until Apr. 15