For third day in a row, Florida sets record-high coronavirus deaths

[Zorro]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

The state also added nearly 10,000 coronavirus cases.

For a third day in a row, Florida added a record-high number of coronavirus deaths, recording 252 deaths Thursday.

That brought the weekly death average up to 154 people dead each day, which is the highest it’s been since the start of the pandemic. Since March, 6,709 people in Florida have died from the virus, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The state also logged another 9,956 coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 461,379 infections. The positivity rate, or the percentage of positive test results among all tests processed, was 12 percent.

Thursday was the second time, this week or ever, Florida has announced more than 200 COVID-19 deaths in a day.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/30/for-third-day-in-a-row-florida-sets-record-high-coronavirus-deaths/

[soothsayer]

1. Nah, they're flattening the curve

Pence told me it was all under control

[tclambert]

5. If you turn your head sideways, like a puzzled puppy, it kinda looks flatter.

[dreamland]

2. How many are in Disney world?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Too soon after Disney for that. Deaths lag cases by about 3 weeks & case spike gets smeared out long

A spike in cases turns up as a broader (wider) spike in deaths because some deaths happen in two weeks and some take as long as 5 or more weeks, as shown by Herman Cain's death today.

[riversedge]

4. I have a brother in South Beach and constantly worry about him. He sent some pics 2 days ago--the

streets and a beach was without a soul as far as you could. see.