JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Just over 11 months after the first deaths in Florida attributed to COVID-19, the Department of Health reported Friday that the state has surpassed 30,000 deaths attributed to the virus.
The state has added 6,683 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, reaching 1,856,427 cases since the outbreak reached the state last March.
According to the FDOH data, 29,692 residents and at least 522 more non-residents have died in Florida from COVID-19, bringing the combined total to 30,214.
There were 12 additional deaths in Duval County reported on Friday, bringing the total to 1,075.
Florida also reported its first confirmed case of the P.1 COVID variant that believed to have come from Brazil.