Data shows Florida’s latest COVID surge the deadliest yet

MIAMI (AP) — Florida is reporting its deadliest highest since the pandemic began, surpassing erstwhile coronavirus surges successful the state. Data provided to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that astatine slightest 8 days successful August person produced much regular deaths than astatine the past highest successful August 2020. The emblematic lag times successful the reporting of deaths means the existent toll of the pandemic tin instrumentality weeks to travel to light. The figures amusement the seven-day mean successful regular deaths reached 244 past month, arsenic compared with their highest erstwhile complaint of 227 successful August 2020. The numbers for mid to precocious August of this twelvemonth could inactive emergence arsenic the Florida Department of Health reports much information to the national government.