Sarasota County death rate is double state level - SNL

...about 1,000 tests were conducted in the past couple of weeks, with about 10% to 11% showing positive results. 

From today's Sarasota News Leader:

The death rate in Sarasota County for those testing positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is close to 7%, compared to less than 3% for the state of Florida, Lynette Herbert, public health services manager for the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County, reported during the April 15 Suncoast Continuum of Care meeting. 

That data is “concerning to us,” she said.. . . . 

Moreover, Herbert pointed out, the hospitalization rate for those in the county testing positive for COVID-19 is more than twice the state average. The county figure is 32%; for the state, it is 14%, she added.

This box on the Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 ‘dashboard’ site as of the morning of April 15 offers more Sarasota County COVID-19 statistics. Image from the Florida Department of Health

County elected officials have failed to take rapid intelligent steps, say critics:

New Sarasota COVID-19 test site to open at undisclosed location

"You were elected to solve difficult problems" - LTE in HT

All Talk, No Action in protection for the homeless - Seidman, HT

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