Florida Settles COVID-19 Public Records Lawsuit, Will Provide Weekly Updates Again

Florida’s COVID dashboard will start providing weekly statistics on cases, deaths and vaccinations for the next three years.

A woman receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the UHealth's pediatric mobile clinic in Miami, Fla., on May 17, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A two-year legal battle against Florida came to an end on Monday, with the state’s public health agency agreeing to once again post weekly COVID-19 updates in order to settle the case.

The case stemmed from the state’s decision to no longer update its health department’s COVID-19 dashboard that tracked the number of infections and deaths on a daily basis. Starting from June 2021, the dashboard only provided weekly reports, with condensed information that only focused on Florida residents.