Drew Dixon
The First Coast posted only six new coronavirus cases Saturday, according to the Florida Department of Health.
All six of the new COVID-19 cases in Northeast Florida were recorded in Clay County. None of the region’s other four counties posted movement.
Clay County now has 223 total cases of the infection. Clay County is up just seven from Friday.
The county had no new deaths or hospitalizations, which remained at nine and 40, respectively.
St. Johns County added just one new hospitalization, landing at 36 Saturday evening.
Duval County is holding at 824 cases.
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry opened the Duval County beaches Friday evening for limited times and other restrictions, drawing national criticism as images showed crowded beaches with limiting social distancing efforts observed.
That’s despite threats that such behavior could cause Curry to reverse course yet again if beachgoers didn’t follow posted guidelines limiting activity to swimming, surfing, walking, jogging or caring for a pet.
Throughout the region, there are 1,294 cases now reported, including 31 deaths and 168 hospitalizations.
Statewide there are 25,492 confirmed cases, including 740 deaths and 3,680 hospitalizations.
2 comments
Kim
April 19, 2020 at 8:20 pm
Give it time. This article is damage control. Don’t insult everyone’s intelligence. All political crap. Opening the beaches was irresponsible. A move to appease the White House. We need better leadership in Florida. The Governor and Mayor Curry need to go. Period.
Kim
April 19, 2020 at 8:28 pm
6 drips is 6 families that are at risk of losing their loved ones. I find it interesting that this article uses terms “just” and “ only”. How many cases and deaths would make you take this more serious? What if that 1 person or 6 people were in your family? Would it make it OK for the beach to be open? Why are the schools now closed for the remainder of the school year? Kids can’t go to school but they can kick it at the beach. The flip flop is humiliating to our state and our town. Can we get some better leadership? Please!!!
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