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Thursday’s coronavirus updates: Over 19,000 new cases, 170 new deaths reported in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida reported more than 19,816 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 4,508 of those cases in Central Florida.

This marks the highest single-day increase since the pandemic began.

According to the Department of Health, there have been 1,429,722 cases of the virus reported in Florida.

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On Thursday, the state also reported an additional 170 virus-related deaths, including 30 in Central Florida.

The state’s total death toll is now 22,817.

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The department of health also reports 384,223 people had been vaccinated for COVID-19 in Florida, an increase of 55,163 since Wednesday.

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

Orange: 83,462 (+1,307) - 777 (+1)

Polk: 40,983 (+622) - 821 (+7)

Osceola: 27,569 (+456) - 305 (+8)

Volusia: 24,553 (+348) - 460 (+2)

Brevard: 23,103 (+434) - 535 (+9)

Seminole: 19,803 (+264) - 319 (+2)

Marion: 19,585 (+386) - 496 (+1)

Lake: 17,228 (+331) - 331 (0)

Sumter: 5,720 (+86) - 122 (0)

Flagler: 4,154 (+75) - 48 (0)

Matt Reeser

Matt Reeser, WFTV.com

Matt Reeser joined WFTV in 1998 as a news photographer and has worked for television stations in Kentucky and West Virginia.