Florida Delta Wave Cases Plunge, Leaving Record Deaths in Its Wake

Florida Delta Wave Cases Plunge, Leaving Record Deaths in Its Wake Despite most Floridians being vaccinated, the delta wave was by far the deadliest, coming as many shed masks and sought return to normalcy. Tony Pipitone NBC 6 South Florida

The delta wave of COVID-19 appears now to be done with Florida, which has the lowest infection rate over the last week among all states in the union.

But behind the case numbers that some are celebrating, the virus left a wave of death like none ever to hit Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has been traveling the state spreading the good COVID news, telling a group Wednesday, "We have one of COVID lowest infection rates in the country and maybe the lowest."

True enough.

But the expected decline in cases comes after Florida's deadliest wave, one that hit the younger harder than ever.

"The fact we had record numbers of hospitalizations, record numbers of deaths, even in younger populations -- that was just so astonishing to me, it showed you just how bad the delta wave was," said Dr. Jason Salemi, a University of South Florida professor whose website tracks the virus in great detail.  ..