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Hillsborough County 6-year-old becomes youngest in Florida to die of COVID-19

Posted at 1:51 PM, Aug 21, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-21 13:51:05-04

A Hillsborough County 6-year-old is now the youngest person in the state to die of COVID-19, the Department of Health says.

The 6-year-old girl is one of 10,168 Florida residents to die of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Here is a list of pediatric COVID-19 cases in Florida as of Friday morning:

Citrus - 162
Hernando - 151
Highlands - 124
Hillsborough - 3255
Manatee - 1,182
Pasco - 550
Pinellas - 1,299
Polk - 1,598
Sarasota - 505

You can see a full county-by-county breakdown of coronavirus cases and deaths here.