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Florida’s count of coronavirus deaths is missing some cases

Some snowbirds are being excluded in the state’s count. By Friday, another group had 40 more fatalities.

Yesterday• Health

Florida nears 19,000 cases of coronavirus, with a thousand-case jump in 24 hours

Volunteers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine talk with Sylvia Ungar, center, who is homeless, as they do outreach with the homeless population during the new coronavirus pandemic Friday in Miami. They are working with Dr. Armen Henderson who has partnered with local organizations and volunteers to educate the homeless about the virus. [LYNNE SLADKY | AP]

There were 39 new deaths reported Saturday.

Yesterday• Health

After DeSantis aide calls, Miami Herald’s law firm drops lawsuit seeking elder care records

Outside the 180-bed Atria Willow Wood in Broward County where at least six residents have died. [Miami Herald]

“We are disappointed that the governor’s office would go so far as to apply pressure on our legal counsel to prevent the release of public records that are critical to the health and safety of...

Earlier today• Health

Bay News 9 anchor Veronica Cintron moving to Tampa International Airport as VP of communications

After 10 years with Spectrum Bay News 9, news anchor Veronica Cintron will replace retiring Janet Scherberger as Tampa International Airport's vice president of media and government relations. [Veronica Cintron]

After 10 years reporting for Spectrum Bay News 9, Cintron said Friday’s “Your Evening News” broadcast will be her last.

Earlier today• Business

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U.S. total

Since yesterday

Cases

529,887

+29,488

Deaths

20,602

+1,909

Florida total

Since yesterday

Cases

18,986

+1,018

Deaths

458

+39

Trump leaves trail of unmet promises in coronavirus response

Yesterday• Nation & World

In this April 10, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington. The coronavirus pandemic gave rise to bold promises by Trump as he led the response in the U.S. [EVAN VUCCI | AP]

Coronavirus in Florida latest: virus now statewide, hospitals make cuts, DeSantis’ false claim

Yesterday• Health

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. [AP] [AP]

What does recovery from COVID-19 look like? A pulmonologist explains.

Yesterday• Health

A doctor shows the lungs of a COVID-19 patient on a computer screen at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium, last month. Early studies from the U.S. and other countries are starting to give a clearer indication of who is most likely to recover from the disease and how. [FRANCISCO SECO | Associated Press]

A Largo woman died from the coronavirus. Then paramedics found her neighbor.

Yesterday• Health

Delores Johnson and Marilyn Gleason pose for a portrait with their hand sewn masks in front of their Palm Hill Country Club home. The women started making masks to help protect their neighbors after two residents of the Largo mobile home community died from COVID-19. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]

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New charity taps celebrities to raise money and meals for restaurants and frontline coronavirus workers

Yesterday• Food

The 10 best Amy’s microwave entrees, ranked

Yesterday• Food

Meet the St. Pete family featured in John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’ show

Apr. 9• Arts & Entertainment

In this Friday, April 10 photo, the boardwalk is closed at Seaside Heights, N.J., during the coronavirus pandemic. [TED SHAFFREY | AP]

U.S. death toll from the coronavirus now highest in the world

The U.S. toll is more than 19,700.

Yesterday• Health

Funky D, beloved St. Petersburg musician, dies

Darryl Quesenberry leaves a legacy with local performers of all ages.

Yesterday• Music

Kristin Jacobs, Florida lawmaker from Broward County, dies of cancer at age 60

“She was an absolute warrior, a tireless advocate for what she believed in,’’ said Jared Moskowitz, a former colleague.

Yesterday• The Buzz

Spring Hill house fire was a murder-suicide, police say

Police on Saturday confirmed that Derick Albert Vasquez, 43, died by suicide after killing two children in the home on Dunkirk Road.

Yesterday• Crime

People walk, bike and run along Bayshore Boulevard near Rome Avenue an area where a cyclist was killed in a collision with a motorcyclist on Saturday while trying to cross in a crosswalk. Monday, April 6, 2020 in Tampa. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]

Latest fatality on Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard prompts calls for speed solutions again

Five people have died in two years along the iconic waterside roadway popular with walkers, runners, cyclists and cars.

Yesterday• Tampa

Police investigate the scene where a motorcycle collided with a bicycle along Bayshore Boulevard near Rome Avenue on April 4, killing both riders. [Spectrum BayNews9]

Police identify motorcyclist who died in Bayshore Boulevard crash that killed bicyclist

Police said Justin Winterhalter, 31, died at the scene after colliding with the bicyclist, identified by relatives as Hal Flowers, who was trying to cross near Rome Avenue.

Yesterday• Tampa