Florida adds 9,355 cases of coronavirus, 132 deaths

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Florida Department of Health on Sunday reported 9,535 new cases of coronavirus, as well as 132 additional deaths related to the virus.

Of the deaths reported Sunday, 23 were in Northeast Florida: 10 in Duval County (873 total deaths), five in Alachua County (163), three in St. Louis. Johns County (154), three in Columbia County (139) and two in Putnam County (98).

The Department of Health has now reported a total of 1,649,449 COVID-19 cases and 25,693 coronavirus-related deaths since March.

Duval County recorded 78,492 cases, including 331 cases reported Sunday.

On Sunday afternoon, 6,727 people were admitted to a 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 on Saturday’s test was 8.25%.

The health department’s data released Sunday showed that 1,544,816 doses of COVID-19 were administered in Florida.

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.