40 coronavirus deaths were added on Tuesday in Duval County out of 163 in Florida

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

It is important to note that it is not clear exactly when those 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 9,816 new cases of coronavirus in the state on Tuesday – the second day in a row, fewer than 10,000 cases were reported in a day since Dec. 28, when 8,198 cases were reported.

Duval County registered 553 additional 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, 24,820 people in Florida have died from the virus.

Late Tuesday afternoon, 7,363 people were hospitalized in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, according to the State Agency for Healthcare Administration.

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

Health Department data showed Monday that 1,066,107 people in Florida received at least one photo of two COVID-19 vaccines approved by the federal government.

Common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, muscle aches, and loss of taste or smell. Most people develop only mild symptoms. But some people, usually those with other medical complications, develop more severe symptoms, including pneumonia.