Florida sets new single day COVID-19 record with 17,000 new cases

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health reported 17,192 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, making it the largest number of cases reported in a single day since the pandemic began.

Of the new cases, 3,898 were reported in Central Florida.

As of Thursday there have been 1,323,315 cases of the virus reported in Florida.

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The state on Thursday also reported 133 additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the state’s death toll of residents and nonresidents to 21,990.

Of the most recent COVID-19-related deaths, 31 were reported in Central Florida, including 14 in Volusia County, eight in Brevard County, seven in Polk County and one each in Seminole and Marion counties.

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Flagler, Lake, Orange, Osceola and Sumter counties reported no deaths.

See a county-by-county breakdown of total (and new) cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide:

Orange: 76458 (+1,141) - 749 (0)

Polk: 37,403 (+637) - 790 (+6)

Osceola: 25,344 (+348) - 288 (0)

Volusia: 22,291 (+320) - 449 (+14)

Brevard: 21,034 (+256) - 523 (+8)

Seminole: 18,083 (269) - 314 (+1)

Marion: 17,799 (+348) - 463 (+1)

Lake: 15,559 (+358) - 295 (0)

Sumter: 5,085 (+134) - 120 (0)

Flagler: 3,724 (+87) - 48 (0)

Stay tuned to Channel 9 Eyewitness News for updates.

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