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Sumter County resident among Florida s latest COVID-19 fatalities
One Sumter County resident who tested positive for COVID-19 is among the latest-reported deaths attributed to the coronavirus, according to Tuesday’s update from the Florida Department of Health.
LEESBURG One Sumter County resident who tested positive for COVID-19 is among the latest-reported deaths attributed to the coronavirus, according to Tuesday’s update from the Florida Department of Health.
The latest reported fatality, coupled with three deaths removed from the Lake County totals, lowers the area’s COVID-related death toll to 775, including 541 in Lake and 234 in Sumter.
Details about recent local deaths were not immediately available, due to a change by the DOH in the way it reports fatalities on its website. DOH offices in Tallahassee and in Lake County did not respond to emails seeking information, nor was there a reason a
LEESBURG Ten area residents who tested positive for COVID-19 are among the latest-reported deaths attributed to the coronavirus, according to Monday’s update from the Florida Department of Health.
The latest-reported fatalities – three in Lake County and seven in Sumter – raise the area’s COVID-related death toll to 778, including 544 in Lake and 233 in Sumter.
Details about recent local deaths were not immediately available, due to a change by the DOH in the way it reports fatalities on its website. DOH offices in Tallahassee and in Lake County did not respond to emails seeking information.
However, based on guidance provided by the CDC, deaths are considered COVID-19 related if doctors, medical examiners or coroners determine the coronavirus was a primary or contributing factor. To help with that determination, a COVID-19 test can be given posthumously, especially if a person had not been tested prior to death.