Covid-19 Update | March 30 at 9:14 PM

It’s time for the corona virus update. Tonight’s update is brought to you this evening by the CW’s Supernatural, where they have a virus that turns people into demons. Save us Sam and Dean! Available on Netflix. More cases and more deaths, but none in Bay County so I’m calling it a good day. Governor Desantis made a great decision today by placing the counties with the most cases per capita into a shelter-in-place order. That is Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe Counties. This plus the mandatory quarantine on those from NY, NJ, and LA is the kind of targeted measures that will keep Floridians safe but permit some level of commerce to continue. Sadly, we are seeing the layoffs throughout the nation and after 3.3 million unemployment claims last week, I would expect to see an even higher number this week. From a rate of growth perspective, the nation’s cases increased by 15% today, which is the same rate of growth as yesterday. Florida cases have a rate of growth that has declined for 4 consecutive days now (29%, 26%, 23%, 15%). This is a win in my book and validates the governor’s strategy. We are so fortunate to have a governor who works great with the White House and will get our citizens what they need. Not much new to report today, we are so lucky to be where we are, so many other parts of the country are less fortunate. Continue to pray for those patients and health care workers and fingers crossed that we have another day with no real bad news. Good night folks!