COVID CASES RISING BUT HOSPITALIZATIONS LOW IN THE KEYS
COVID-19 cases are ticking upward in Monroe County, but they aren’t leading to serious illness and the need for hospitalization among the infected.
The Florida Health Department report...
FLORIDA KEYS HOSPITALS REPORT 28 COVID PATIENTS AS OF FRIDAY, JAN. 14
By Mandy Miles and Jim McCarthy
As the highly contagious Omicron variant makes positive COVID tests the rule rather than the exception, experts point to hospitalizations rather than...
COVID CASES SOAR IN THE KEYS AS MANY SEEK TESTS FOLLOWING BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON
Lines poured out the door of the Advanced Urgent Care facility in Key Largo on the morning of Jan. 4 as people waited to receive a COVID-19...
OMICRON & LACK OF COVID VACCINES FOR KIDS IN KEYS DISCUSSED AT BOCC
At the Dec. 8 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the emergency management department’s director, Shannon Weiner, said that only a limited number of COVID vaccines for children...
COVID UPDATE: CASES DECLINING IN THE KEYS
A COVID-19 surge during the summer is slowing down in Florida and the Keys, according to data by the Florida Health Department that shows five weeks of...
Emergency rule: Students exposed to COVID no longer required to quarantine
The Florida Department of Health has issued a new emergency rule declaring that parents now have a choice whether to quarantine a child who has been exposed...
HOW MANY COVID-19-RELATED DEATHS IN MONROE COUNTY?
Deaths related to COVID-19 infections stood at 63 in Monroe County on Aug. 31. Of those deaths, two were among individuals who were vaccinated, per the county’s...
Data shows COVID case count may be plateauing
Another week brought new positive COVID-19 infections throughout Florida and the Keys. Cases statewide and in the island chain, however, appear to have plateaued.
The latest report by...
7 IMPORTANT COVID QUESTIONS ANSWERED
The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County continues to disseminate information regarding frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine clinics and CDC policy:
I’m vaccinated. Why do...
Commissioners vote to require masks inside county buildings
At the Aug. 18 Monroe County Board of County Commissioners meeting, “Just wear the damn mask” became a mantra among officials after hearing from the county’s board...
