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Broward Touts Its 340 Coronavirus Contact Tracers; Independent Model Says County Needs 1,580

WLRN Public Media | By Anthony Man - Sun Sentinel

Published June 30, 2020 at 5:06 PM EDT

Broward County Mayor Dale Holness, joined by the mayors of nine cities, Sheriff Gregory Tony and other officials, announced stricter enforcement measures for businesses not complying with emergency orders related to COVID-19 at a press conference. — Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Broward County Mayor Dale Holness said Tuesday that the county has just brought on board an additional 150 people to trace contacts of people who have coronavirus — almost doubling the number of people available to help combat the spread of the virus.

With the 150 people he said were “onboarded” Monday by the Broward County unit of the state Department of Public Health, Holness said there is a workforce of 340 involved in the effort.

But the number of contact tracers falls far short of the 1,580 needed in Broward County, according to a model developed by the Mullan Institute at the George Washington University. The contact tracer estimator, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, uses 14-day case counts to calculate the number of contact tracers needed to clear all cases within a week.

Read more at our news partner the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Broward Touts Its 340 Coronavirus Contact Tracers; Independent Model Says County Needs 1,580

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