BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard awoke to grim news on Tuesday: The number of coronavirus fatalities in the county had jumped by 20, from 65 to 85, a one-day record.
But while deaths have risen substantially in the month of July, it is not the case that 20 people died overnight, health officials told News 6 partner Florida Today."The deaths that were reported today are not a single one-day number," wrote Anita Stremmel, Assistant Director for the Florida Department of Health in Brevard, in an email to FLORIDA TODAY. "These individuals may have died several days ago."A line list of deaths published daily by the Department of Health indicates which cases were newly reported on that day.