Florida recording more coronavirus deaths than any state

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Florida recording more coronavirus deaths than any state

July 21, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s skyrocketing coronavirus death rate is now higher than any other state, edging out Texas, which has about 25% more people.

Florida recorded another 134 deaths Tuesday, bringing its daily average for the past week to 115, topping the 112 deaths a day Texas has reported during that time, Associated Press statistics show. A month ago, Florida was averaging 33 coronavirus deaths a day.

Overall, 5,317 people have died in Florida from COVID-19 since March 1 and nearly 370,000 have tested positive for the disease. About 19% of tests have returned positive in Florida over the last week, compared to 10% a month ago and 2.3% in late May.

The state reported that an additional 517 people have been admitted to hospitals with the disease.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a scheduled news conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the outbreak.

https://apnews.com/c7c27cfa1bc789bdcf352212cd3ec628

[BigmanPigman]

1. Meanwhile, Rick Scott's grand kids won't return to school

and will be distance learning. Maybe his grand kids can learn to spell "hypocrite".

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/350852-distance-learning-rick-scott

[Towlie]

2. The article linked in the OP is completely different from the text posted above.

Last edited Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:33 AM - Edit history (1)

(Edited) It appears that Florida has surpassed New York and is now second only to California in number of deaths.

[Eugene]

3. The article was updated. The excerpted content was moved down 6 paragraphs.