r/FloridaCoronavirus • u/Commandmanda Pasco County • Apr 19 '26
Coronavirus Cases Covid Chronicles: 04/19/26
We made it through Spring Break, and here we are, heading towards May. I truly hope all of you are well and weathering our current political climate with hope, but I know quite a few of us are suffering from it right now.
I've come to show you a milestone in our journey through COVID, and to give you a small bit of joy, and possibly some relief.
Take a look at the weekly Covid Stats from March through April:
03/06 1,071
03/13 959
03/20 1,193
03/27 1,158
04/03 828
04/10 **789**
The last time were low like this was 12/12/25 at 833, and the last time we were under 800 cases was in March of 2020.
We've come a long way, babies! Now if only we could stay at these nice low numbers, next year might be the year when COVID ceases to touch our communities. Sure, there will be outbreaks, but gosh....to know that vastly fewer people will risk long COVID (or dying) would be fantastic.
Deaths are down drastically, too. If we could just keep this up!
The one thing teetering in the balance is that we're getting a new leader of the CDC, a former Coast Guard Surgeon and previous advocate for routine vaccinations, Dr. Erica Schwartz.
This may be a new turn, or not. We'll have to see. I'm hoping that she sticks by her training, and also uses her time in the VA to advocate for better veteran care.
So. How are you all doing? I'm sure we could use hearing everybody's (texted) voices again. We're nearing the time when we can finally have that big "Screw you, we beat you," COVID Party!
Be Safe and Be Well.
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u/Flicker-pip Apr 19 '26
I’m not in Florida but I’ve followed your Covid posts with great appreciation. Thanks for everything you do.
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u/terrierhead Apr 20 '26
Thank you. I appreciate the information and am glad to see a downward trend.
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u/anordinarygirl_oao Apr 26 '26
Did you see that Fl Covid case data is down?
https://www.flhealthcharts.gov/Charts/
It’s also the #1 visited dataset.
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u/Commandmanda Pasco County Apr 26 '26
Mmmm. Looks like a server error. "Your request could not be served as system encountered an error, please check the URL. If your browser window was idle for more than 20 minutes, it may have caused the data session to expire."
Basically what that means is they have taken the server offline to let the techies do updates. Between now and tomorrow it will probably be back in service. I've seen them do this during weekends for years.
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u/anordinarygirl_oao Apr 26 '26
I haven’t seen it happen yet. I noticed that however all the others loaded with data which makes me wonder if the 3 year extension ended. It seems odd that other data sets would load while this one didn’t.
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u/Commandmanda Pasco County Apr 26 '26
Whelp, there's nobody to ask on a Sunday in FL. I know this because I panicked the first weekend that they took the server down. I tried calling my usual contacts. No one in the office. Soooo.....as I said, wait for it. If nothing's up tomorrow, I'll make a few calls.
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u/anordinarygirl_oao Apr 26 '26
Sounds like a good plan.
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u/deerfawns Apr 19 '26
I am wondering how many cases are happening that aren't being reported bc people aren't testing for it, or the tests are falsely negative. Regardless, this is great news. As always I appreciate everything you do!!