FOX 35 INVESTIGATES: Health officials confirm that the death of motorcyclists has been eliminated from the number of victims of COVID-19
Two days after a FOX 35 investigation, health officials confirm that the death of a motorcycle that was initially counted among COVID-19 deaths has been removed from the state’s data.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Two days after a FOX 35 investigation, health officials confirm that the death of a motorcycle that was initially counted among COVID-19 deaths has been removed from the state’s data.
A spokesman for the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said it was reviewed and removed, but did not know exactly when.
FOX 35 began investigating this Thursday after Orange County Health Officer Dr. Raúl Pino said a man who had a coronavirus but died in a motorcycle accident had been added to the COVID death data.
At the time, he said he had asked the state to remove it from his numbers, but he didn’t know if it ever was.
After reporting this Thursday and Friday, authorities notified FOX 35 on Saturday that they verified that death is no longer counted.
