With the year a little over halfway finished, more than 3,000 Florida resident deaths have been linked to COVID-19, according to data on the Florida Department of Health website.
The website said a reported 3,002 resident deaths have been tied to the virus. This year’s pace of deaths is lower than during the past four years.
The pandemic hit the state in 2020. That year, Florida had a reported 23,346 deaths, according to state data.
The number jumped to 39,869 in 2021, before declining to 21,294 in 2022 and 8,440 in 2023.
This year, 268 of the deaths have been in Miami-Dade County, while 235 have been in Palm Beach County, and 173 have been in Pinellas County.
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