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Florida nursing home deaths spike but lower than US average

by Brendan Farrington & Bobby Caina Calvan
| December 22, 2020 12:15 PM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Deaths in Florida's nursing homes doubled during the Thanksgiving holiday, according to statistics gathered by the AARP. But Florida's rate was dramatically lower than the national average, as COVID-19 infections across the country surged.

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