Florida’s secret delta toll

Posted by Florida Trident staff | Ben Montgomery, Axios Tampa Bay

Filed under: In the News

Axios Tampa Bay, October 18, 2021, Ben Montgomery

Roughly 4,500 Tampa Bay residents — an average of about 36 per day — died from COVID-19 over the four months the Florida Department of Health did not share daily pandemic information with citizens.

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