Julio Ochoa
Health News Florida EditorJulio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida.
He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the newspaper’s deputy metro editor.
Julio was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and worked at a paper in Greeley, Colo., before returning to Florida as a reporter and as breaking news editor for the Naples Daily News.
Contact Julio at 813-974-8633, on Twitter at @julioochoa or email julioochoa@wusf.org.
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Cases of the coronavirus continue to surge in Florida along with hospitalizations, according to information provided to the CDC.
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Fish kills continue to pollute the waters around downtown St. Petersburg and smaller die-offs were reported in Pasco, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota counties.
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Here is a summary of the Florida Department of Health’s Weekly Situation Report for June 18-24, 2021.
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The Department of Health in Pinellas County sent out the alert on Friday as a red tide bloom that has been found in Tampa Bay and along the county's beaches spread north to Sand Key.
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Over the previous seven days, there were 420 Floridian deaths related to COVID-19, including 64 residents or staff members of long-term care facilities.
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The sites had been offering the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine until the federal government recommended a pause this past week.
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There were 22 deaths related to COVID-19 reported on Sunday. That’s a drop from 67 on Saturday and 96 on Friday.
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The seven-day average of new cases is up by 12% over the previous week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins.
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The state is averaging 5,167 new cases per day in the past week. It's a 15% jump from two weeks ago.
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This week, we're featuring everyday Floridians speaking in their own words about how their lives were affected by COVID. Today, we hear from a high school grad who started at USF over the past year.