It took just one month to go from 40,000 deaths to 50,000.
It took nearly six months for Florida’s COVID-19 death toll to climb to about 40,000 from 30,000, but just over a month for the state to surpass 50,000 lives lost to what health officials are increasingly calling a preventable disease. COVID-19 has killed 50,811 Florida residents, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, based on data it collects from the state. Florida health officials stopped reporting daily fatality counts to the public in June, instead sending statistics directly to the CDC. ‘Tell all of our families to get vaccinated’: COVID kills 6 members of Glades family in 3 weeks Long-haul COVID: Blinding headaches. Dizziness.11 cysts on the brain. How long-haul COVID has devastated Delray Beach police officer The latest update shows Florida’s death toll actually surpassed 50,000 on Sept.5. The state retroactively added fatalities that it said had occurred in the past few weeks. More statistics: COVID-19 charts and graphs Revealed: Florida’s county-level COVID-19 death reports publicly available for first time in months The death toll surpassed 30,000 on Feb.
