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By the Numbers: COVID-19 Deaths by County

   February 5, 2024

From The News Service of Florida: Data posted online by the state Department of Health showed that 725 Florida resident deaths had been linked to COVID-19 in a little more than the first month of 2024. Here are counties with the most deaths:

— Miami-Dade County: 66 – 2.46 per 100,000

— Palm Beach County: 53 – 3.55 per 100,000

— Broward County: 44 – 2.27 per 100,000

— Pinellas County: 40 – 4.17 per 100,000

— Brevard County: 35 – 5.73 per 100,000

— Hillsborough County: 30 – 2.04 per 100,000

— Volusia County: 30 – 5.37 per 100,000

— Orange County: 27 – 1.89 per 100,000

— Lee County: 23 – 2.98 per 100,000

— Sarasota County: 22 – 5.01 per 100,000

— Duval County: 21 – 2.11 per 100,000

— Pasco County; 21 – 3.69 per 100,000

— Polk County: 21 – 2.85 per 100,000

— Charlotte County: 19 – 10.01 per 100,000

— Escambia County: 18 – 5.59 per 100,000

— Manatee County: 18

— Marion County: 17

— Lake County: 16

— Sumter County: 15

— Leon County: 14

— Citrus County: 13

— Clay County: 12

— Collier County: 12

— Martin County: 12

— St. Lucie County: 11

— Hernando County: 10

Source: Florida Department of Health

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