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COVID-related death toll in Lake climbs by 37
Thirty-seven area residents previously diagnosed with COVID-19 were among the latest reported deaths, according to the Florida Department of Health.
LEESBURG Thirty-seven Lake County residents previously diagnosed with the COVID-19 coronavirus were among the state’s latest reported deaths attributed to the coronavirus, according to three most-recent updates from the Florida Department of Health.
The fatalities raise the area’s COVID-related death toll 611 425 in Lake County and 186 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.
No deaths were reported in that span; in fact, the DOH adjusted the area death toll, removing seven deaths from Lake County’s total and one from Sumter. The adjustments lowered the number of area deaths attributed to COVID-19 to 555 386 in Lake County and 169 in Sumter.
Details about local fatalities and reasons for the recent adjustments were not immediately available and DOH offices in Tallahassee and in Lake County did not respond to emails seeking information.
A combined total of 681 new confirmed cases of the potentially deadly coronavirus were reported in and Lake and Sumter counties in Friday, Saturday and Sunday’s update 536 in Lake County and 145 in Sumter. On Sunday, there were 238 confirmed cases, including 194 in Lake and 44 in Sumter County.