Florida adds 7,788 cases of coronavirus, 120 deaths

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Florida Department of Health on Sunday reported 7,788 new cases of the coronavirus, as well as 120 additional deaths related to the virus.

Of the deaths, 18 were in Northeast Florida: nine in Duval County (911 total deaths), five in Alachua County (171), two in St. Louis. Johns County (166), one in Clay County (244) and one in Nassau County (94).

The Department of Health has since reported a total of 1,721,377 COVID-19 cases and 26,915 coronavirus-related deaths since March.

Duval County recorded 81,927 total cases, including 397 cases reported Sunday.

On Sunday afternoon, 6,101 people were admitted to the hospital in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, according to the state agency for health care administration.

The health department said on Sunday that the positive positive percentage, based on Saturday’s test, was 5.54%.

Health Department data released Sunday showed that 1,678,944 people in Florida received at least one shot from two COVID-19 vaccines approved by the federal government.

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Common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, breathing problems, sore throat, muscle aches and loss of taste or smell. Most people develop only mild symptoms. However, some people, usually people with other medical complications, develop worse symptoms, including pneumonia.