On Tuesday, 40 coronavirus deaths were added in Duval County among 163 Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health on Tuesday reported a total of 163 additional deaths in the state due to COVID-19, 40 of which were reported in Duval County.

It is important to note that it is not clear exactly when these people died. However, it is the highest number of deaths in Duval County reported by the Department of Health in a single day.

The Florida Department of Health reported Tuesday 9,816 new cases of coronavirus in the state, the second day in a row that fewer than 10,000 cases a day have been reported since Dec. 28, when 8,198 cases were reported.

Duval County registered an additional 553 cases on Tuesday for a total of 75,731 cases.

Since March, 1,589,097 people in Florida have tested positive for COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported Tuesday, 48 were in northeast Florida.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, in Florida, 24,820 people have died related to the virus.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 7,363 people were hospitalized in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, according to the state health care administration agency.

The state positivity rate based on Monday’s tests was 8.97%, the health department said Tuesday.

Health department data showed Monday that 1,066,107 people in Florida have received at least one shot of two federal-approved COVID-19 vaccines.

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.