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Orange County – the home of both Universal and Disney’s Florida operations – has been declared a Covid-19 hotspot
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 13 Dec 2021
Orange County is a key tourist area in Florida and is home to the Disney World and Universal resorts among other attractions Credit: Canva
Universal Orlando, Disney World and a number of other attractions could face further Covid-related issues in the coming weeks, after the White House declared Orange County, Florida, a hotspot for the pandemic.
The latest Community Profile Report (CPR), which is generated by the Data Strategy and Execution Workgroup in the Joint Coordination Cell, under the White House COVID-19 Team, has labelled Orange County as a hotspot.
An area will be designated a hotspot if it reaches a threshold of disease activity considered a high burden.
Orange County, which is home to both Universal and Disney’s Florida operations, is the only county in the Orlando metropolitan area given such a designation, with a total of four such areas in the state.
Of the 3.7 million total cases Florida has experienced since the pandemic began, 231,063 cases have been attributed to Orange County - the fourth highest in the state. Over the last week, Florida recorded 13,530 new coronavirus cases.
The good news for the county, and for Disney and Universal, is that this number is still below the 5% threshold set by the Centre For Disease Control (CDC) to determine mask mandates and any temporary closures or restrictions. Orange County’s current positivity rate is on the rise, however, with the figure most recently at 3.3%.
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