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Has Florida stopped regular reporting of COVID-19 data?

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

By Jacob Alabab-Moser

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In early June 2021, Florida’s health department began reporting coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths on a weekly basis, ending its previous daily reports. The weekly reports are now also less detailed, according to a local news outlet.

Florida’s pandemic-related state of emergency is expected to expire on June 26, and will transition to “a locally-led public health effort,” according to the state's emergency management department. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on COVID-19 in Florida documents declining new cases and hospitalizations over the past few months. Deaths have plateaued; 41% of the state was fully vaccinated as of June 11.

More than half of U.S. states no longer update their COVID-19 data daily, but Florida is the only state to report cases and deaths only once a week, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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Sources

Florida Division of Emergency Management Florida Department of Health provides week 24 updates on Florida’s vaccination efforts

WKMG (Orlando) Florida stops reporting COVID-19 cases, deaths in daily reports

US Centers for Disease Control Florida: COVID-19 state synopsis

CNBC Florida, Alabama discontinue daily COVID-19 data reporting in shift to 'next phase' of pandemic

John Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering COVID-19 dataset—Irregular update schedules

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