Florida has 1,296 deaths from COVID-19, 12,000 more cases

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The latest CDC COVID-19 data on Thursday shows an increase of 1,296 deaths from the total reported a day earlier.

These deaths did not all occur during the last day and lasted for weeks. The backlog of fatalities now shows more than 7,600 people died in Florida in August, the deadliest month of the state’s pandemic.

This equates to an average of 245 deaths a day in August and there may be even more virus-related deaths assigned to these dates.

Florida now has 3,391,158 cases and 48,273 COVID-19-related deaths since the outbreak began, according to the latest CDC data.

Another 12,386 new cases have been reported since Wednesday.

New cases and hospitalizations have tended to decline in recent days, reaching the peak of the summer rise in August, when more than 21,000 new infections were recorded per day on average.

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The 7-day moving average for new cases in the state is 14,297, the lowest since July 27th.

On Thursday, 12,735 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across Florida, according to the Florida Hospital Association.

Last month, the state health department changed the death toll on the day it was verified for now to track it down to the date a person died. Deaths usually take a few days to process, so single-date totals can grow slowly days later and day-to-day increases seem smaller at first.

The batch of 1,296 deaths reported on Thursday is timid compared to the record of 1,338 added the previous Thursday. On Monday, according to CDC data, 1,064 more deaths were recorded.

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The CDC receives these figures from the Florida Department of Health, which now only publishes full COVID-19 reports on Friday.

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