Research articles from BocaFirst contributors and related information about issues of governance and community in Boca Raton.
Reading time: 5 mins Updated daily. Using data culled from government sources, here’s some visuals we found helpful to see what’s going on locally. BocaFirst will update this information daily.
Reading time: 2 mins Updated daily. The BocaFirst COVID tracker data collection effort has included weekly bed utilization since April. As of June 6, we expanded it to daily collection of Palm Beach County hospital utilization statistics so we could show trends. Below are the trends for all of Palm Beach County as well as 6 individual hospitals in the Boca Raton area.
Reading time: < 1 min BocaFirst is announcing the addition of a BocaFirst Podcast named “Boca Soul Connexion” or “bocasoulX” for short. Focussed on the entrepreneurial people and happenings around town, this easy listening podcast is aimed at informing residents about little known things and people in Boca Raton.
Reading time: 2 mins At BocaFirst we have focused our COVID-19 statistics research on Boca Raton, Palm Beach County and the State of Florida. We also research related cities for comparison purposes. One city that caught our attention recently for its relatively large number of COVID-19 cases is Immokalee, Florida.
Reading time: 3 mins How does COVID-19 affect me? Am I toast? Below are graphics of how COVID-19 affects different age groups in PBC.
Reading time: 2 mins some new features planned for Silver Palm Park will not be included in this phase of development. Staff was tasked with updating the feature list and providing a development timeline.
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Reading time: < 1 min On April 29 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the plan to start a Phase One opening of Florida for all counties except Palm Beach, Broward and Dade.
Reading time: 6 mins New cases reflect spread from 2 weeks ago. When the COVID-19 data trend is downward, the infection curve is being flattened.
Reading time: < 1 min If you are wondering about the recent County and Boca Emergency Orders to Stay Home/Stay Safe, some resources from the city are listed below. Boca Police tweeted some guidelines regarding emergency services.