Florida’s COVID-19 death toll climbs by more than 1400 week-over-week

The Florida Department of Health added 1,483 deaths to state’s cumulative toll of coronavirus in their weekly report, bringing the total to 42,252.

While 346 new deaths were reported for the reporting period running from August 13 to August 19, the FDOH’s overall death toll climbed by nearly 1500 as the numbers were adjusted to include new data. For perspective, that’s the equivalent of every man, woman and child in Lake Hamilton passing away.…