Florida Ag. Commissioner Nikki Fried to release daily COVID reports while state maintains weekly updates
By Jim Turner
Aaron Mesmer reports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried plans to have her department release daily reports on COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations because the Florida Department of Health under her political foe, Gov. Ron DeSantis has switched to providing such information once a week.
Fried, the only Democrat holding a statewide office and a 2022 candidate for governor, said she is still working on how the information will be provided, through press conferences, news releases or online posts.
But with the delta variant of the coronavirus driving up case numbers in Florida, she told reporters Wednesday that the people of Florida need and deserve access to regular timely updates as it relates to the ongoing pandemic, not secret meetings, or sporadic information sharing.
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Florida Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried to release daily COVID reports while state maintains weekly updates
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