How many COVID-19 cases were there in your zip code?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An average of one in 16 people in Florida has tested positive for the corona virus this year. But those cases were not evenly distributed across the state. We know that long-term care facilities and prisons were badly hit. And while South Florida and urban areas showed the most cases at the start of the pandemic, caseloads have risen somewhat in much of the state.

The Florida Department of Health began including a ZIP code breakdown on its COVID-19 dashboard months ago, but with cases exceeding expectations, the vast majority of the map is the same color: red.

News4Jax just updated our look at where COVID has been hit hardest in Jacksonville, with most cases found in Northeast Jacksonville, Southside, East Arlington, Jacksonville Beach and parts of the Westside – all with contamination rates at or above the state average. The highest concentration of cases was in 32202, which has a smaller population than many zip codes, as well as Duval County Jail and Lot J of TIAA Bank Field, where the city’s largest COVID-19 testing site was in the early months of the pandemic. (Cases are sometimes initially listed in the zip code where the person was tested, and some were never updated.)

In Clay County, the zip codes that include Orange Park, Fleming Island, and Middleburg have the highest number of cases, while Southeastern Clay, including Green Cove Springs, has the most per capita cases.

In St. Johns County, to the northwest, Ponte Vedra Beach and an area south of St. Augustine have the highest incidences, but the number of infections in all 11 county zip codes is below the state average.

The area of ​​Nassau County that includes Fernandina Beach had the most cases of COVID-19 in the county, but the ZIP code, including Yulee, had a higher rate of infections – 1 in 16 – which is in line with the state average.

Due to a relatively low population, Baker County is an example of how a large prison can skew statistics. One in seven people in 32087 tested positive for the virus, but that ZIP also includes Baker Correctional Institution, which counted 568 cases this year – based on the latest release of Department of Corrections data earlier this month. That doesn’t mean the rest of the province had a low infection rate. In the area 32063 that includes Macclenny – and several long-term care facilities – one in 13 people out of 1.2 million Floridians have contracted the virus.