News Update for 6/4/20

The latest Florida Department of Health statistics released this morning now indicate Highlands County’s corona virus numbers have gone up by another four, with 116 new negative cases. There now have been 138 positive cases of the virus registered here. According to the numbers, of the 4,619 tests now administered, 4,478 – or 94.6-percent – Continue reading

News Update for 6/3/20

The latest Florida Department of Health statistics released this morning now indicate Highlands County’s corona virus numbers have gone up by another two. There now have been 134 positive cases of the virus registered here. According to the numbers, of the 4,519 tests now administered, 4,382 – or 97-percent – have come back negative. There Continue reading

News Update for 6/2/20

The latest Florida Department of Health statistics released this morning show Highlands County’s corona virus numbers have gone up by two. There now have been 132 positive cases of the virus registered here. According to the numbers, of the 4,431 tests now administered, 4,296 – or 94.5-percent – have come back negative. There have been Continue reading

News Update for 6/1/20

Sebring firefighters worked a huge fire the better part of the night, Units were called to Highlands Sheds & Tropical Tinting on Highway 27 south shortly after 10:PM. Officials were alerted when heavy smoke was reported in the area during last night’s thunderstorms. No injuries have been reported and no dollar damage estimate is available. Continue reading

News Update 5/28/20

The newest numbers by the Florida Department of Health show Highlands County has registered no additional cases of Coronavirus. However, 17 additional negative tests have been recorded. Highlands total still stands at 114 positive tests. Of the 3,878 tests administered over the past couple of months here, 3,758 have come back negative. There have been Continue reading

News Update for 5/26/20

New numbers by the Florida Department of Health now show Highlands County has registered no additional cases of Coronavirus. However, 32 new negative tests have been recorded. Highlands total still stands at 114. Of the 3,861 tests administered over the past couple of months here, 3,741 have come back negative. There have been 36 people Continue reading

News Update for 5/25/20

New numbers by the Florida Department of Health over the weekend show Highlands County has recorded another couple of cases of Coronavirus. Highlands total now stands at 113. Of the 3,743 tests administered over the past couple of months here, 3,625 have come back negative. Still, there have been 36 people listed as hospitalized at Continue reading

News Update for 5/21/20

The Florida Department of Health for Highlands County has released their daily report. It showw three new cases of Coronavirus and 624 new negative tests here. Of the 3,552 tests administered so far, 3,437 have come back negative with 110 positives. Currently, there have been 36 people listed as hospitalized at some point during their Continue reading

News Update for 5/20/20

Corona virus numbers just released by the Florida Department of Health show no new cases of Coronavirus but 312 new negative tests in Highlands County. Of the 2,922 tests administered so far, 2,813 have come back negative with 107 positives. Currently, there have been 36 people listed as hospitalized at some point during their illness. Continue reading

News Update for 5/19/20

Corona virus numbers from the Florida Department of Health this morning showed four new cases of Coronivirus and 147 new negative cases here. Of the 2,610 tests administered so far, 2,501 have come back negative with 104 positives. Currently, there have been 37 people hospitalized at some point during their illness and eight fatalities have Continue reading