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Florida sets new single day COVID-19 record with 17,000 new cases

The Florida Department of Health reported 17,192 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, making it the largest number of cases reported in a single day since the pandemic began.

Of the new cases, 1,709 were reported in Northeast Florida.

As of Thursday, there have been 1,323,315 cases of the virus reported in Florida.

The state on Thursday also reported 133 additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the state’s death toll of residents and nonresidents to 21,990.

Of the most recent COVID-19-related deaths, 3 were reported in Northeast Florida, including two in Clay County and one in St. Johns.

Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and Union counties reported no deaths.

See a county-by-county breakdown of total (and new) cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide.

CasesChangeDeathsChange
Baker2,47017360
Bradford2,18017230
Clay11,2611471862
Columbia6,007851170
Duval61,3219977250
Nassau4,775110660
Putnam3,99084720
St. Johns13,0722441131
Union1,4398650
Total106,5151,7091,4033
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