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FLORIDA incompetency delays COVID-19 information

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Florida officials on Saturday did not release the number of confirmed cases or deaths from COVID-19.

Piccolo said that Florida’s Department of Health needs to “de-duplicate” around 400,000 previously-reported COVID-19 test results from Helix Laboratory. The “massive” amount of data from the laboratory prevented Florida’s automatic reporting system from processing data that would be used to produce Saturday’s daily report, he said.

Instead of the latest numbers, Floridians who checked the Department of Health’s dashboard on Saturday saw the state’s numbers from Friday: 728,921 total cases and 15,372 deaths.
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Florida COVID-19 Cases Spike as DeSantis Disappears

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As the number of COVID-19 cases spike in Florida, some are asking why Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be absent from the forefront of the state’s response.

“Our governor is nowhere to be found,” said State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-District 49, of Orlando.

“He’s avoiding interaction with the public, he’s not holding press conferences, he’s not taking questions from the media, and there’s a reason," Smith added. "He doesn’t want to be held accountable."

The governor’s communications team has also ignored reporter questions for a week.

It’s worth noting the governor’s Communications team is led by director Fred Piccolo, who, according to the state’s employee salary database, receives a taxpayer salary of $154,500. That is more than $20,000 more than DeSantis himself, whose salary is set by the Florida Legislature.

As communications director, and in charge of answering media questions, Piccolo also earns more than most of the executive branch directors and secretaries in charge of various state agencies.

“We need a leader through this crisis, and what we have is a governor hiding, embarrassed by his failure to contain COVID-19,” Smith said.
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