The state had the nation’s second highest seven-day COVID death rate on Friday. The widely cited, comprehensive New York Times COVID-19 database reported 1.13 deaths for every 100,000 people in Florida, well above the national rate of 0.37. A week earlier it had the third highest rate.

Until recently Florida was doing better.

In March, Florida ranked 27th among the 50 states in per capita deaths for the entire coronavirus pandemic. On Aug. 20, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that the state was tied for 24th place — slightly better than the national average.

A week later, on Friday, Kaiser reported that the increasing deaths moved Florida up one spot — and the state’s death rate for the entire pandemic is now higher than the national average.