Florida has 7,788 cases of coronavirus, 120 deaths

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

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

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

Duval County has recorded a total of 81,927 cases, including 397 cases that were reported Sunday.

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

The statewide test rate based on Saturday’s tests was 5.54%, the health department said Sunday.

Health department data released Sunday showed that 1,678,944 people in Florida have received at least one shot of two federally approved COVID-19 vaccines.

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The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, cough, respiratory problems, sore throat, muscle aches, and loss of taste or smell. Most people have only mild symptoms. But some people, usually those with other medical complications, have more severe symptoms, including pneumonia.