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They were (are?) also not counting deaths by visitors from out-of-state.

Even the likes of Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, or Brazil seem to have realised either that it's better for them to be transparent, or that fudging the numbers is always going to come out in the end.

I'm somewhat certain such shenanigans are magnitudes worse for a state's image. New York is seen as unlucky, or maybe incompetent. Florida is corrupt. A failed state.

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Florida has a lot of out of staters, too; a million elderly folks come for the winter and typically wouldn’t be counted as residents. They’re also the demographic that dies at very elevated rates.

Deaths are not reported based on residency - Deaths are reported based on the actual location of death. If the death occurs in Florida, it counts as a Florida Death as per CDC / NCHS.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/05/06/under-pressu...

> What’s more, the health department has said it is only including Florida residents in its count, although after the Times’ report it began posting some data on non-resident deaths in feeds online.

> “By their own admission, they are not counting every Florida death,” Nelson said. “I’m surprised that they are ahead.”

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