The Florida Times-Union 5:30 p.m. | Northeast Florida adds 1,172 new coronavirus cases Northeast Florida saw another big one-day spike in coronavirus cases on Thursday, with the Florida Department of Health reporting 1,172 new cases in the six-county area. The jump in cases follows Wednesday's record-setting 1,233 new cases reported in 24 hours, which was the biggest single-day jump since the state began reporting the data. The region, especially Duval County, has seen a growing outbreak in the last two weeks. St. Johns County accounted for the region's only additional death in the state's daily report. | Read more 4 p.m. | Staff vaccinations for COVID-19 begin at Ascension St Vincent's Jacksonville hospitals