LIST: Jacksonville community leaders who have contracted COVID-19

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With 2.78 cardinal COVID-19 cases reported successful the United States, much acquainted faces are reporting they are among the total.

Within the past year, a fistful of section leaders person travel guardant with the quality that they person tested affirmative for coronavirus.

Among those person been Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Duval County Property Appraiser Jerry Holland, City Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman, City Councilman Sam Newby, section activistic Ben Frazier and erstwhile Jaguars prima Tony Boselli.

Most recently, Sheriff Mike Williams announced connected Tuesday that helium tested affirmative for COVID-19 and was experiencing insignificant symptoms from the virus.

In its statement, the Sheriff’s Office noted that Williams received “the afloat complement of the vaccine” earlier helium tested positive. A spokesperson said the sheriff is recovering astatine home.

Additional details were not provided.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said connected July 21 that she had tested affirmative for COVID-19.

In a tweet, she noted that she was vaccinated earlier this year. Her symptoms, she said, were mild and her household is successful bully health.

Duval County Property Appraiser Jerry Holland, arsenic of Aug. 8, returned location aft being hospitalized with COVID-19. His woman was besides hospitalized with coronavirus. She is said to inactive beryllium successful the hospital.

Neither of them had been vaccinated, Holland told the Times-Union, but “I privation we had been.”

City Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman was besides hospitalized and ended up successful intensive attraction pursuing a COVID-19 diagnosis successful July.

Throughout the pandemic, Pittman has been an advocator for COVID vaccinations.

Back successful March, Jacksonville City Council subordinate Sam Newby tested affirmative for coronavirus and was hospitalized. He is said to person made a afloat betterment aft being treated astatine St. Vincent’s Hospital.

“I’m doing fine. I’m doing good,” Newby told News4Jax.

Well-known activistic and president of the Jacksonville Northside Coalition Ben Frazier tested affirmative for COVID-19 successful July.

Frazier had been vaccinated and avoided hospitalization. He and different metropolis leaders are pushing for the nationalist to get the vaccine to debar becoming severely ill.

Former Jaguars violative tackle Tony Boselli recovered from a conflict with coronavirus successful April.

He said the unwellness and five-day enactment successful the intensive attraction portion was a “scary, lonely time.”

Florida hospitals reported connected Tuesday that astir 28 percent of the inpatient beds being utilized are filled with patients who person COVID 19, according to a website maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In all, astir 85 percent of the inpatient infirmary beds successful the authorities are successful use, according to the data, which hospitals study to the authorities daily.

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