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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.
The deaths one in Lake County and two in Sumter raise the area’s death toll related to COVID-19 to 460, including 336 in Lake County and 124 in Sumter.
Details about the local fatalities were not immediately available due to the state’s recent transition to a new method of reporting deaths on the DOH website. DOH offices in Tallahassee and in Lake County have not responded to emails seeking information.
In addition, 270 new confirmed cases of the potentially deadly coronavirus were reported Tuesday in Lake and Sumter counties 191 in Lake County and 79 in Sumter. Since March, when the DOH began issuing daily updates on the spread and impact of COVID-19, Lake has reported 18,333 cases and officials in Sumter County have confirmed 6,108 cases.