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Safe & Healthy Big Bend hosts virtual memorial to honor Leon County residents lost to COVID-19
and last updated 2021-04-13 17:35:05-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â At the one-year anniversary of the first local COVID-19 death, a group of community leaders will come together to commemorate the lives that have been lost and provide words of hope for the days ahead.
Leaders from the faith community, education, law enforcement, health care and local government will gather virtually on Friday, April 16 at noon to share their stories from the pandemic. The public is invited to virtually attend the memorial â and it will be recorded for broad access by residents after the live event.
Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna also is scheduled to attend.
The news conference will be held virtually at 10 a.m. via Zoom. To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN AQR1aJXARFmg971cKUsX-w.
Several members of this new initiative participate in a weekly Friday live-streamed conversation on the status of COVID-19 locally, hosted by Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. To pre-register for that event, visit TMH. org.
Local COVID-19 update
Leon County has had 51 more residents test positive for COVID-19, and one more resident has died because of the virus, the Florida Department of Health reported on Tuesday.