7 local deaths reported in recent COVID updates
LEESBURG — Seven area residents were among the state’s latest reported deaths attributed to COVID-19, according to the Florida Department of Health. The fatalities, which occurred in the last three available reporting cycles — Friday, Saturday and Sunday — raise the area’s death toll to 373, including 271 residents of Lake County and 102 from Sumter. Details about each local death was not immediately available, due to the state transitioning to a new method of reporting deaths on the DOH website. Neither DOH office in Tallahassee or Lake County have responded to emails seeking ...