ORLANDO, Fla. – Every day, twice a day, for more than a month the Florida Department of Health releases the latest numbers of coronavirus cases, including fatalities.
On Wednesday a somber Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings wanted to remind residents that those “numbers are people.” Confronted with the reality that this is the new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Orange County, and around the country are constantly providing updates on new cases and new ways to combat the virus but it’s important, Demings said, to remember what it means when the Florida DOH database updates.
Demings described his experience when he learned a member at his church had died of the virus. After the man died, his wife, who is in her early 80s,