Here is an article that speaks to the deaths. Florida took it on the chin and still is.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-coronavirus-desantis-delta-surge-20210910-uzkdk7nphffx7k35jrnyaaqr7e-story.html
Flash forward to September, and Florida is logging a record number of COVID-19 deaths, the highest per capita rate in the nation. Central Florida hospitals ordered portable morgues to accommodate overflow bodies. Funeral homes are struggling to keep up. A record number of COVID-19 patients strained the state’s health care system, forcing the postponement of elective procedures.