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Applicants must provide a death certificate as well as funeral home contracts and receipts. Those who qualify can receive up to $9,000 toward funeral services, including interment and cremation.
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As of Friday, long-term care facilities were linked to about 35 percent of the 28,565 deaths of Floridians from COVID-19, according to a report released by the state Department of Health.
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State data show that the vast majority of the deaths involve residents of nursing homes and ALFs, with one facility in Miami-Dade accounting for 70 resident deaths and another for 56.
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Pinellas and Hillsborough join the state's hardest hit counties - Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach - in recording at least 1,000 deaths.
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In Monday's report from the Health Department, 7,711 people tested positive since Sunday, bringing Florida's total to 1,065,785 cases.
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The state's death count from COVID-19 shot up by 100 people Thursday, bringing the total to 19,112.
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Florida continues its surge of new COVID-19 cases, as well over 1 million people have tested positive for the virus.
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The lawsuit claims the 70-year-old Miami Beach deli worker was prohibited by the grocery store chain from wearing a mask. He died on April 28.
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While daily cases of COVID-19 statewide are once again averaging over 5,000, deaths from the virus are less than half of what they were in July.
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About 40 percent of the COVID-19 deaths in Florida during the pandemic have been linked to long-term care facilities, according to state data.