Greetings neighbors, this is the Miami Corona Project Daily Update for Wednesday, April15th, 2020:

As of yesterday, April 14th, 2020, there have been 7,712 positive cases of coronavirus across the county, with 635 hospitalizations and a total of 143 deaths–thirty four more than yesterday.

 Today, St. Anne’s Nursing Center,  a 213-bed facility in South Dade operated by Catholic Health Services called its patients’ families to inform them of their first of case of Coronavirus.

The state last month directed nursing homes and assisted living facilities to exclude visitors, except in compassionate cases, and require facilities to screen staff members.  

Florida’s largest testing effort in long-term care facilities began just a couple of days ago, weeks after a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, “has the potential to result in high attack rates among residents, staff members and visitors” after being introduced into facilities.

Across the United States, the national total of positive cases is now 602,989, the total number of dead has risen to 26,575.

Let’s hope today brings better news.  I’ll update you tomorrow.