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Editor of The Alachua Chronicle @AlachuaChronic1 * Personal account

May 18, 2021, 7 tweets

Florida Deaths - 5/18/21

Florida reported a net of 94 COVID deaths today. Changes were reported on 31 different days, going back to September 7.

Changes by month: Sept (+1), Feb (+2), March (-1), April (+10-3), May (+85)

#RationalGround

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

Median age: 75
Minimum age: 0
Maximum age: 102
71% are 65 or older

2/7

The infant death in DeSoto County is curious. Case line data shows "unknown" for emergency room and hospitalization. Infant tested positive 2/22; there is a death on 2/22, and the next one is on 4/14. There are no news stories with any specifics about this child.

3/7

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 (215); the 7-day average peak is 1/18 (200).

Here is the full chart for context:

4/7

Additions and deletions by date:

5/17 - 1
5/16 - 3
5/15 - 4
5/14 - 4
5/13 - 1
5/12 - 6
5/11 - 11
5/10 - 7
5/9 - 3
5/8 - 12
5/7 - 8
5/6 - 3
5/5 - 9
5/4 - 4
5/3 - 5
5/2 - 4
4/30 - 2
4/29 - 1
4/28 - 1
4/26 - removed 1
4/25 - 1
4/24 - 1
4/23 - removed 1
4/22 - 1
(cont.)

5/7

4/21 - 2
4/19 - removed 1
4/14 - 1
3/30 - removed 1
2/22 - 1
2/14 - 1
9/7 - 1

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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