Florida surpasses 50K covid deaths after battling delta wave

  • The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tallied 50,811 deaths after adding more than 1,500 covid-19 deaths provided Thursday by the state’s health department.
    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tallied 50,811 deaths after adding more than 1,500 covid-19 deaths provided Thursday by the state’s health department.

    MIAMI — Florida surpassed 50,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began, health officials reported Thursday, with more than one fourth of those succumbing this summer as the state battled a fierc…