It’s unclear how many residents at long-term care facilities in the state have died of COVID-19, the infectious respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus. The Florida Department of Health reported 56 of the state’s cases confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in long-term care facilities and 35% of those cases are in Broward County. Coronavirus cases at long-term care facilities in Florida (Coronavirus cases at long-term care facilities in Florida)Concerned relatives who have received notices from the facilities have reported more cases to Local 10 News. State officials reported the CDC confirmed 20 cases at long-term care facilities in Broward County. According to the state’s Friday evening report, the CDC confirmed 219 cases in Hollywood, but it’s unclear how many of those are at long-term care facilities.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – The recent diagnosis of an assisted living facility worker in Hollywood threatened the safety of yet more seniors in Broward County. Minutes away from Lincoln Manor, a cluster of 13 COVID-19 cases plagued Atria Willow Wood, a much larger assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale. (Curren family, WPLG)Richard Curren was the first of three Atria Willow Wood residents to die. He blamed their deaths on Atria Senior Living, the operator of the assisted living facility. Seven Atria Willow Wood residents remain hospitalized and two test results are pending as of Tuesday afternoon.