The deaths — one in Lake County and two in Sumter — raise the area’s death toll related to COVID-19 to 460, including 336 in Lake County and 124 in Sumter.
Details about the local fatalities were not immediately available due to the state’s recent transition to a new method of reporting deaths on the DOH website. DOH offices in Tallahassee and in Lake County have not responded to emails seeking information.
In addition, 270 new confirmed cases of the potentially deadly coronavirus were reported Tuesday in Lake and Sumter counties — 191 in Lake County and 79 in Sumter. Since March, when the DOH began issuing daily updates on the spread and impact of COVID-19, Lake has reported 18,333 cases and officials in Sumter County have confirmed 6,108 cases.