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Leon County has had 22 more residents test positive for COVID-19 and two more residents have died because of the virus, the Florida Department of Health reported on Tuesday.
Local health officials have warned that, though fewer and fewer people are testing positive for the virus in recent weeks, the number of people who are dying because of it has not decreased.
In the past two weeks, 14 residents deaths have been confirmed by the state health department.
To date, 296 residents have died because of the virus out of 28,948 residents who have tested positive, according to state data.
The county s two-week positivity rate stands at roughly 2.5%, according to state data. Health experts have advised an area s positivity rate should stay at or below 5%.
City commission tackles homelessness issue, updates COVID-19 vaccination progress
Wednesday commissioners took on two pressing issues, COVID-19 vaccinations and the growing homeless issue in Tallahassee.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Wednesday commissioners took on two pressing issues, COVID-19 vaccinations and the growing homeless issue in Tallahassee.
In the update to the city, Leon county health director Claudia Blackburn and Tallahassee Fire Chief Jerome Brown say they are on the right track to vaccinate people but are looking to see vaccinations increase.
More than 30,000 people in Leon County have been vaccinated.
This includes 50 percent of the county s senior population, which is the highest in the state.
Local experts say UK COVID-19 variant is more contagious than original virus
Florida leads the nation when it comes to the dangerous variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the UK, with at least 186 confirmed cases of the virus in the state.
and last updated 2021-02-03 18:26:33-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Florida leads the nation when it comes to the dangerous variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the UK, with at least 186 confirmed cases of the virus in the state.
Experts in the Big Bend who ve studied the virus for months say this was expected.
Right now the health department said it s working with epidemiologists to perform contact tracing so that they can monitor anyone who came into close contact with those two positive cases.