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TexasTowelie

(111,297 posts)
Sat May 23, 2020, 07:17 PM May 2020

Hot spots in Lake Worth, Belle Glade threaten progress against coronavirus

Even as Palm Beach County emerges from its coronavirus shutdown, hot spots have emerged in Belle Glade and Lake Worth, sickening hundreds, cramming the intensive care unit at the Lakeside Medical Center and threatening the county’s overall progress against the deadly virus.

As of Friday morning, a combined 598 people in Belle Glade and Lake Worth zip codes had tested positive for coronavirus, according to figures released by the state Department of Health. Those 598 cases represented 12.3 percent of the county’s entire caseload.

Commissioners, public health and civic officials say a variety of factors - language barriers, poverty and distrust of the government - have contributed to a sort of perfect storm that has led to the hot spots in Lake Worth and Belle Glade.

The county has begun to add additional resources to the fight against the virus in those communities, including more mobile testing and the distribution of masks.

Read more: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200523/hot-spots-in-lake-worth-belle-glade-threaten-progress-against-coronavirus

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Hot spots in Lake Worth, Belle Glade threaten progress against coronavirus (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2020 OP
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm have the worst and majority of the virus in the state jimfields33 May 2020 #1
Lots of migrant workers living in crowded labor camps in Belle Glade, the home of Big Sugar in sop May 2020 #2
Another nearby hotspot is Indiantown in Martin County. hay rick May 2020 #3

jimfields33

(15,462 posts)
1. Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm have the worst and majority of the virus in the state
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:01 PM
May 2020

Not sure why but it is what it is. Stay home everyone in those counties.

sop

(9,946 posts)
2. Lots of migrant workers living in crowded labor camps in Belle Glade, the home of Big Sugar in
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:09 PM
May 2020

Palm Beach County, a world away from Mar-a-Lago, located in the same county.

hay rick

(7,521 posts)
3. Another nearby hotspot is Indiantown in Martin County.
Sat May 23, 2020, 10:33 PM
May 2020

Another agricultural community near Lake Okeechobee. Similar demographics, including a significant Guatemalan community.

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