Doctor Warns ‘Death Rate Will Be Going Up' As Florida Continues Feeling Impacts Of COVID Summer Surge

By Jessica Vallejo, CBS Miami

August 9, 2021

Florida continues to be the epicenter of the COVID-19 surge.

“The pattern is that the deaths come usually around three to four weeks after the spike. So most patients will test positive the first week. The deaths usually come around the third week,” said Dr. Yoram Gutfreund. “So unfortunately, the death rate will be going up.”

Gutfreund, an ER doctor at Jackson Memorial Hospital, says they are overwhelmed.

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