JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s steady climb back toward the summer spike in coronavirus cases continued Wednesday when the state health department reported another 13,871 cases of COVID-19 -- the third-highest one-day total Florida has seen all year.
The state’s peak of single-day cases was 15,300 on July 12.
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Since March 1, there have been 1,306,123 residents and people visiting the state diagnosed with COVID-19.
Duval County added 809 cases of coronavirus in Wednesday’s data. In the last 10 months, there have been 60,324 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Jacksonville.
There were 139 additional deaths in Florida reported Wednesday, bringing the state’s total to 21,857. One of those was a Jacksonville resident and one was in Putnam County. Duval County has now reported 725 coronavirus-related deaths this year.
There were 6,298 people hospitalized in the state Wednesday afternoon with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 -- including 414 in Duval, 102 in Clay and 183 in Alachua County, according to the state database.
After an unusual spike to an 22.81% positivity rate on Monday that the state attributed to testing closures from the holidays, the state settled back to an 8.72% positivity rate in Tuesday’s data.
According to the state’s vaccination dashboard: 20,744 first doses were administered Tuesday, bringing the total in the state to 175,465. Vaccines were given Tuesday to the first senior citizens not in long-term care facilities, and some Northeast Florida counties have begun scheduling appointments to administer vaccines to those 65 years and older in their communities.
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The first vaccines for the general public in Northeast Florida will be administered Monday.