Death of Jacksonville man spotlights differences in medical examiner, health department COVID-19 data
Read full article: Death of Jacksonville man spotlights differences in medical examiner, health department COVID-19 dataFlorida Department of Health data doesn’t show the death of a 22-year-old man in Duval County. A 22-year-old woman died in mid-July from COVID-19 in Clay County, according to medical examiner data. Health department data does not show a 22-year-old woman dying from COVID-19 in Clay County or any surrounding counties. Health department data does show the death of a 21-year-old in Duval County, reflecting either a discrepancy in how the woman’s age was entered or a difference in how the death was recorded. The District 4 interim medical examiner did not respond to email and phone requests for comment by the time of publication.