The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday released a December unemployment report. Here are the county-by-county unemployment rates:
— Osceola County: 8.7 percent
— Miami-Dade County: 7.3 percent
More than 25,000 Florida residents have died since the COVID-19 pandemic hit early last year, according to numbers released Friday by the state Department of Health.
The department reported a major increase Friday of 272 resident deaths, bringing the total to 25,011. Florida also passed another troubling milestone this week, when it topped 9,000 deaths of residents and staff members of long-term care facilities — with the vast majority involving seniors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Through Tuesday, Florida totaled 1,122,405 COVID-19 vaccinations. Here is a breakdown of vaccinations by the recipients’ counties of residence:
— Miami-Dade; 130,156
— Palm Beach: 100,575
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