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Editor of The Alachua Chronicle @AlachuaChronic1 * Personal account

May 5, 2021, 8 tweets

Florida Deaths - 5/5/21

Florida reported a net of 79 COVID deaths today. Changes were reported on 38 different days, going back to August 4.

Changes by month: August (+3), September (+3), December (-1), February (+3), March (+4), April (+66-12), May (+13)

#RationalGround

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Reported deaths (as best we could find them - read bottom of the chart for more details):

Median age: 76.5
Minimum age: 30
Maximum age: 97
73% are 65 or older

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First-wave peak was 8/4 (240); the 7-day moving average peak was 8/5 (227).

Second-wave peak so far is 1/22 (214); the 7-day average peak is 1/18 (198).

Here is the full chart for context:

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Additions and deletions by date:

5/3 - 6
5/2 - 5
5/1 - 2
4/30 - 6
4/29 - 7
4/28 - 6
4/27 - 8
4/26 - 3
4/25 - 1
4/23 - 6
4/22 - 7
4/21 - 8
4/20 - 4
4/19 - 4
4/17 - removed 3
4/16 - 4
4/15 - removed 1
4/14 - 1
4/11 - 1
4/10 - removed 1
4/9 - removed 2
4/6 - removed 1
(cont.)

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4/5 - removed 1
4/4 - removed 1
4/3 - removed 2
3/29 - 1
3/17 - 2
3/7 - 1
2/23 - 1
2/17 - 1
2/11 - 1
12/6 - removed 1
9/17 - 1
9/6 - 1
9/4 - 1
8/25 - 1
8/24 - 1
8/4 - 1

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The numbers above are not totals by day; they're increments added today. See the chart in the first tweet for totals.

Deaths by week:

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Sources: Florida deaths by day: fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html…

My spreadsheet to track changes: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
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Edit: First-wave peak was 8/4 (242); the 7-day moving average peak was 8/5 (228).

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