| COVID testing site to open at Tradewinds Park In collaboration with the Florida Department of Health in Broward County, the City of Coconut Creek, and the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Tradewinds Park & Stables (north side – 3600 W Sample Rd., Coconut Creek 33073) is opening as a Specimen Collection COVID-19 testing site. Tradewinds Park & Stables will open operations starting Sunday, August 9th, and will be open weekly for testing Sunday through Thursday, from 8AM to 3PM. The site is open to anyone (preregistration not required), regardless of age and whether they have symptoms or are asymptomatic. Persons being tested should bring ID, if available. Testing will be by oral pharyngeal or nasal pharyngeal swab. Anyone who tests positive will be contacted by the Broward County Health Department. |
| Update on COVID testing sites Because of the dramatic increase in COVID cases in the area, more testing sites are opening up. Large crowds have been reported during the day at some of these testing sites. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals and government leaders are pleading with everyone over the age of 12 to get a COVID shot as soon as possible. A new COVID-19 test site is opening (Tuesday, August 3, 2021) in response to the latest rise in COVID-19 cases including the Delta Variant, which is increasing the demand for testing. Tests are available for both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents. Tradewinds Park & Stables (Drive-through Testing) 3600 W Sample Road Coconut Creek, FL 33073 Monday-Friday 8AM to 6PM Free PCR oropharyngeal (throat swab) testing is available for adults and children, with or without symptoms, regardless of age. Results for PCR tests will be available from the Florida Department of Health In Broward in 24 to 72 hours. Other test sites include: Boulevard Heights Community Center (Walk-up Testing) 6770 Garfield Street Hollywood, FL 33024 Tuesday-Saturday 8AM to 4PM South Regional Health Center (Walk-up Testing) 4105 Pembroke Road Hollywood, FL 33021 Monday-Friday 9AM to 5PM Mills Pond Park (Drive-through Testing) 2201 NW 9th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 Sunday-Thursday 8AM to 4PM Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (Proof of travel plans to/or from FLL required) Terminal 3, pre-security, lower level near baggage claim 100 Terminal Drive Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 7AM to 9PM daily *There is a fee for testing at this site: $106 for a PCR test; $74 for a rapid (antigen) test. Other test collection sites are expected to open later this week. One thing that nearly all health professionals are saying is that everyone over the age of 12 should get a COVID vaccination. Broward has eight testing sites open now and more are set to open. Health professionals say that about 90 percent of the people hospitalized for COVID have not been vaccinated. |
| South Florida is being hit hard by COVID South Florida is being hit hard by COVID-19. Hospitals in Broward and Miami-Dade counties admitted the most COVID patients of any counties in the United States in the past seven days. Each county had more than 800 patients, according to a White House report. South Florida hospitals have enacted surge plans. Memorial Healthcare System set up triage tents outside its Emergency Departments and using conference to care for COVID patients. Broward Health and Cleveland Clinic Florida have begun converting regular rooms into COVID wards. Broward and Miami-Dade’s children’s hospitals are using the triage method to handle large numbers of patients in their emergency rooms and admitting the most severely ill patients. Dr. Scott Ross, chief medical officer at Cleveland Clinic Weston said that his hospital placed an unvaccinated 19 year old on life support because of COVID. Nearly every health professional or government leader is pleading for everyone over age 12 to get a COVID vaccination. |
| COVID surges in Florida On Saturday, the State of Florida reported 21,683 new COVID-19 cases to the Centers for Disease Control. This is more than any earlier day in the COVID-19 pandemic. The second worst day was Jan. 7, when 19,334 cases were reported and when daily case counts were usually more than 10,000. It was the second peak of the pandemic and then cases started to go down. Most of the people who are suffering from COVID-19 have not been vaccinated. |
| Florida sets new record for COVID cases On Sunday, August 1, Florida broke a previous record for current hospitalizations that was set over year ago before vaccines were available. Florida reported 10,207 hospitalized with COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers of Disease Control. The previous record was on July 23, 2020 about six months before vaccines were available. Then Florida had 10,170 hospitalizations. Florida is now leading the nation in per capita hospitalizations for COVID-19 and hospitals in Florida must put emergency room visitors in beds in hallways. Many of the patients are younger. Gov. Ron DeSantis and most healthcare professionals are pleading with Florida residents to get the COVID vaccine. Almost all the people hospitalized with COVID-19 have never been vaccinated. |
