Florida cases highest since pandemic began, deaths unexplainably dipped to lowest since beginning

[BornADemocrat]

36. Update: Florida COVID update: 901 added deaths, largest single-day increase in pandemic history

UPDATED AUGUST 26, 2021 05:54 PM

Florida on Thursday reported 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

All but two of the newly reported deaths occurred after July 25, with about 78% of those people dying in the past two weeks, according to Herald calculations of data published by the CDC. The majority of deaths happened during Florida’s latest surge in COVID-19 cases, fueled by the delta variant.

It is the largest single-day increase to the death total in the state’s COVID pandemic history.

The jump in the number of reported cases and deaths is due to the newest way deaths and cases are counted. The CDC implemented the change earlier this month, causing occasional one-day aberrations like the 901 additional deaths on Thursday and 726 more deaths reported Monday.

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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article253766203.html

They've been backfilling the cases in bulk it seems.

Still odd that other states don't seem to be having the same issue.