COVID-19 death toll in Manatee nears 1,000

109 more deaths reported between Sept. 18 and Sept. 25, CDC says

COVID-19 has killed almost 1,000 Manatee County residents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of Sept. 25, 990 people in the county — or about 1 in 404 residents — have died since March 2020, after contracting the novel coronavirus. That’s up from the 881 deaths recorded a week earlier, on Sept. 18.

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