APRIL 15, 2020

Twelve of our neighbors have been pronounced dead in the last 24 hours. As of April 15th, 2020, there have been a total of 155 deaths due to coronavirus across Miami-Dade County. May those who have fallen to the pandemic rest in peace.

Total number of cases (Miami-Dade County): 8,063

Total number of hospitalizations: 693

Total number of deaths: 155

New cases (since 4/14/2020): 351

New deaths (since 4/14/2020): 12

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.

ON THIS DAY

Miami Beach Senior High sophomores David and Jonathan Tamen are twin brothers on a mission to do their part in protecting our community. Since his 13th birthday, David has been learning to use a 3D printer he bought with his Bar Mitzvah money. Upon seeing other robotics teams 3D printing masks for front line workers, he decided to do the same. He consulted his neighbor, a neurologist at Jackson, and Jonathan, captain and entrepreneur of the school’s robotics team, reached out to their commissioner, Mark Samuelian, to ask if the shields were something the city could use.

It takes $1.50 to make each mask, but the 16-year-old duo don’t keep any profits made from the shields. To date, they have donated 35 shields to doctors at Jackson, twenty to a food distribution event, and have an order of 80 face shields for this city due this Saturday, using their robotics team members to help keep up with demand.

The Miami Herald – Beach High twins’ 3D-printed face shields protect Jackson doctors, local officials