Third Coronavirus-Related Death At Pompano Beach Assisted Living Facility
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - The nation's first coronavirus outbreak in the state of Washington showed us that senior living facilities can be safe havens for the virus to spread.
In Florida, at least 1,300 of the state's 22,000 plus confirmed cases involve people at senior facilities.
The state health department has just begun to list the number of COVID 19 cases at senior care living facilities.
Throughout Florida, it is estimated some 200,000 seniors live in some type of managed care environment.
This can be a nursing home, assisted living or independent living with services.
As of late Wednesday, the health department said Miami-Dade had 253 COVID-19 cases at senior facilities and 26 deaths. Broward had 127 cases and 19 deaths.
The state doesn't name the facilities and much of the information comes from messages sent to families.
Wednesday evening, a community spokesperson for The Court of Palm Aire in Pompano Beach confirmed that a third skilled nursing resident died from complications related to COVID-19.
The spokesperson said they've had a total of six cases that tested positive.
At Atria Willow Wood In Fort Lauderdale, there have been at least 21 confirmed cases with seven deaths.
There have also been confirmed cases in residents and employees at the vast Miami Jewish Health senior facility system including a location in Miramar where they are doing extra disinfecting of the facility.
Governor Ron DeSantis has said he wants more testing at senior living facilities and promised strike teams to administer them.
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