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COVID-19 Cases In Florida Pass 800,000

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Florida passed another grim milestone Friday with word from state heath care agencies that there are now more than 800,000 documented COVID-19 cases in the state.

Here are some takeaways:

  •  800,216: Total number of cases.
  • 5,592: Increase in cases from a Thursday count.
  • 16,720: Deaths of Florida residents.
  • 72: Increase in Florida resident deaths from a Thursday count.
  • 207: Non-Florida resident deaths.
  • 1: Increase in non-Florida resident deaths from a Thursday count.
  • 6,748: Deaths of residents and staff members of long-term care facilities.
  • 28: Increase in long-term care deaths from a Thursday count.
  • 2,351: People hospitalized with primary diagnoses of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.
  • 3: Increase in people hospitalized from a Thursday count.
  • 23.9: Percentage of available hospital beds statewide.
  • 23.6: Percentage of available adult intensive-care unit beds statewide.
  • 34,963: Number of positive cases in Duval County.
  • 56: Number of COVID-19 related deaths in Duval County.

Sources: Florida Department of Health and Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

- WJCT News contributed to this report.