Florida Broward County sheriff says department lost 9 employees to COVID-19

Florida sheriff says department lost 9 employees to COVID-19 COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on the sheriff's department in Broward County, Florida ABC News ABC News

SUNRISE, Fla. -- COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on the sheriff’s department in Broward County, Florida, where Sheriff Gregory Tony told a memorial service for nine employees who died from the virus that well over half the department's 5,600 employees had been exposed and 32% — or 1,800 employees — have contracted the disease.

“We didn’t lose one, two, three — we lost nine,” the sheriff said, noting that the first death from the virus came in April 2020. ..