Coronavirus Florida: What you need to know for Tuesday, Dec. 22
Florida s COVID-19 death toll rises by 115, 8 in area
Florida added 115 COVID-19 deaths in Monday s daily report on the coronavirus pandemic, including eight in the Northeast Florida region, while hospitalizations tied to the disease jumped sharply statewide.
Duval County added three more coronavirus deaths, in addition to two each in Putnam County and St. Johns County and one in Clay County. In Northeast Florida, the Florida Department of Health has now listed 1,147 deaths from COVID-19.
The statewide death toll now stands at 20,976. The figure includes 7,938 deaths connected to long-term care facilities across the state, more than 35 percent of the total. | Read more
Florida coronavirus deaths rise by 97
The Florida Department of Health recorded 97 additional deaths statewide, including five across Northeast Florida, in Sunday s report on the coronavirus pandemic.
Duval County reported four more deaths and Putnam County added one, as the Northeast Florida death toll rose to 1,139 dating to the beginning of the pandemic in Florida. In many cases, deaths are not added to the state s list until multiple days or weeks after they originally occurred.
Across the state, Florida s cumulative death toll now stands at 20,861, including 20,568 residents. | Read more
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Their son had autism. Mom didn t speak English well. COVID-19 put school online: One family s fight for special ed services Ashley Okwuosa and Sharon Lurye, The Teacher Project
This teacher is going the extra mile for her ESOL students during Covid-19 pandemic
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This story was produced by the Teacher Project, an education reporting fellowship at Columbia Journalism School.
NUTLEY, N.J. – Ever since Carlos Tejada was diagnosed with autism at 13 months old, his parents have struggled to find him the right services. It was not for lack of trying. His mother, Adelaida Checo, attended more than a dozen meetings to discuss his special education plan at the Jersey City elementary school the boy started at age 3.