A few weeks ago the designer of the Florida Covid
dashboard was terminated, apparently as she would not manipulate the data in the way the administration wanted it presented. Now there have been several changes in the dashboard, some subtle, some not. But Mrs Blueash, sharp as always noticed one.
Below you will see the dashboard from today, or rather the lower right corner showing the deaths reported in a 24 hour period due to Covid over the last 30 days. It is so nice to see that the death rate is declining steadily which suggests that we are well past the worst and opening up is justified.
This is a bit of work for you, the reader, but you can find the daily reports from the Florida Div of Emergency Management for Covid deaths in the
ARCHIVES. Click on the word archives or follow this link
COVID-19 Data Reports | Florida Disaster
The bar chart says in its description that data for the last two weeks will be updated as more information becomes available. This is because someone who died today may not have their death data reported to the state for several more days. But once it is reported their death will appear on the date it occurred not the date it was reported. However, the daily reports have the same limitation. If a death report is delayed it will not be in the daily report either.
The numbers in the daily report and on the bar graph should be nearly identical. There may be some minimal variation as the bar graph is midnight to midnight whereas the daily report seems to be 10AM to 10 AM.
Here are the new deaths reported for each day recently first with the real number
Daily Bar
Report Graph
June 6 28 23
June 7 12 17
June 8 12 22
June 9 53 19
June 10 36 17
June 11 47 9
June 12 29 8
June 13 48 not graphed yet
Not including the 48 from June 13, the archives show 219 deaths from Covid in Florida residents from June 6 to June 12th. But the dashboard which is the resource which the state authorities ask you to check to be fully informed shows 115 deaths.
I called the health department to ask about the discrepancy and no one was able to explain it. It smells of political manipulation of death data. Got to keep that curve looking good on the dashboard.