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Editor of The Alachua Chronicle @AlachuaChronic1 * Personal account

May 8, 2021, 6 tweets

Florida Deaths - 5/8/21

Florida reported a net of 65 COVID deaths today. Changes were reported on 26 different days, going back to August 26.

Changes by month: Aug (+3), Sept (+2), March (+1-1), April (+53), May (+7)

#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: 39
Maximum age: 99
79% are 65 or older

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First-wave peak was 8/4 (242); the 7-day moving average peak was 8/5 (228).

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:

5/7 - 1
5/6 - 3
5/2 - 2
5/1 - 1
4/30 - 7
4/29 - 6
4/28 - 5
4/27 - 5
4/26 - 4
4/25 - 1
4/24 - 4
4/23 - 3
4/22 - 9
4/20 - 2
4/19 - 2
4/18 - 1
4/17 - 2
4/15 - 1
4/1 - 1
3/20 - 1
3/5 - removed 1
9/13 - 1
9/10 - 1
8/29 - 1
8/27 - 1
8/26 - 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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