By Nikki Slusher

Apparently New York isn’t the only state who found ways to smudge around some of their covid-19 numbers. While the delta variant is spreading like a wildfire throughout Florida, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has published data on the variant that suggests this can end up as the most serious and deadly surge in coronavirus infections since the pandemic began last year.

This August cases in Florida skyrocketed and hospital ICUs statewide began reaching maximum capacity. Coincidentally, this is when the Florida Department of Health decided to change how they reported data to the CDC on covid related deaths, which gave the appearance that the pandemic was in decline in the state. An analysis of the data was completed by the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, who released the initial report on their findings.