FLORIDA : Florida's skyrocketing coronavirus death rate is now higher than any other state, edging out Texas, which has about 25% more people.Florida recorded another 134 deaths Tuesday, bringing its daily average for the past week to 115, topping the 112 deaths a day Texas has reported during that time, Associated Press statistics show.
A month ago, Florida was averaging 33 coronavirus deaths a day.Overall, 5,317 people have died in Florida from COVID-19 since March 1 and nearly 370,000 have tested positive for the disease.