The number of Florida resident deaths linked to COVID-19 this year has topped 1,200.
Data posted Monday on the Florida Department of Health website showed 1,201 reported deaths, up from 1,144 a week earlier.
The pace of deaths this year is far lower than during the past five years.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the state in early 2020, with a reported 23,351 deaths that year. Deaths totaled 39,877 in 2021; 21,319 in 2022; 8,449 in 2023; and 6,025 in 2024, according to the Department of Health.
Broward County has had the largest number of reported deaths this year, with 90. It is followed by Miami-Dade County, with 85; Palm Beach County, with 82; Pinellas County, with 71; Hillsborough County, with 68; Polk County, with 67; Orange County, with 55; and Volusia County, with 53.
