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One year after the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Hillsborough County, the total number of local cases has reached 111,990 and more than 1,520 people have died. (Nick Garber/Patch)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — One year after the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Hillsborough County, the total number of local cases has reached 111,990, more than 1,520 people have died and the positivity rate continues to hover around 8 percent, health officials told Hillsborough County commissioners this week.
The county's COVID-19 dashboard shows that more than 73,800 people have been fully vaccinated with both their first and second doses.
This number will climb higher now that supplies of the vaccine are increasing, multiple government-run vaccination clinics are now open, and the state has expanded eligibility to additional groups, Hillsborough County Emergency Management Director Tim Dudley told commissioners.