Florida’s COVID-19 death toll tops 8,200, cases trending higher again – By Marc Freeman (South Florida Sun Sentinel) / Aug 8 2020
Florida reported another 187 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, to go along with the highest daily total of infections in a week.
The coronavirus pandemic still has its grips on a state where 8,238 people have died from disease complications and 526,577 people have been diagnosed with infections.
It’s been three consecutive days of increases in both COVID-19 cases and fatalities, though the totals are not close to the record highs set last month. There were 180 deaths reported on Friday and 120 deaths listed on Thursday; the peak was 257 deaths on July 31.
The daily totals are not reflective of deaths in the past 24 hours, but rather recent weeks. And the test results reported on a single day typically reflect tests taken over several days.
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