JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Overnight Thursday, there were just over 250 additional cases of COVID-19 reported in Florida, but that number more than tripled in the evening report from the Florida Department of Health, which showed an additional 816 cases in the state.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 1,072 additional cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Florida. There are now 29,648 reported cases in the state and 987 people have died.
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Flagler County saw a sharp increase. In the morning report, reported cases were at 78. That number increased nearly 36% in the evening report, which showed a total of 106 cases.
Since the morning report, Duval County saw an increase of 19 cases. St. Johns County reported an additional five cases. Clay County reported an additional four cases.
No new deaths in Northeast Florida have been reported in 24 hours, where the total number of COVID-19 cases have reached 1,990.
Tracking county-by-county cases, deaths
Among the new cases this week, Clay County reported its first case in a child, a 17-year-old boy, and Duval County reported three new cases in children: a boy under the age of 1, a 4-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl.
Since early March, more than 303,000 tests have been administered in Florida, according to the health department. The vast majority (90.2%) of those results have come back negative. The state has not reported a number of people who have recovered from the disease.