Coronavirus At-A-Glance 7-17-20
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – New cases of the coronavirus are surfacing every day South Florida and the rest of the state.
Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 11 a.m. on July 17, 2020.
FLORIDA: 327,241 confirmed cases
- One-Day increase: 11,466 cases
- Total Florida Deaths: 4,912
- New Deaths: 130
- Hospitalizations: 20,191
- Total Tests: 2,819,721
- Negative Test Results: 2,500,637
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 11.85%
MIAMI-DADE: 77,867 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)
- One-Day Increase: 2,442
- Total Deaths: 1,270
- New Deaths: 24
- Hospitalizations: 4,632
- Total Tests: 462,196
- Negative: 385,906
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 18.3%
BROWARD: 36,913 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 1,347
- Total Deaths: 477
- New Deaths: 13
- Hospitalizations: 2,682
- Total Tests: 296,664
- Negative: 260,788
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 14.3%
MONROE: 768 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 53
- Total Deaths: 6
- New Deaths: 0
- Hospitalizations: 39
- Total Tests: 8,582
- Negative: 7,857
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate 15.2%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 3,578,593 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 138,384 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 13,841,890 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 590,845
- 188 countries/regions affected
TO AVOID GETTING SICK
- Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds
- Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, mouth and face
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick or exhibit symptoms
- Stay home when you are sick
- Cough and sneeze into your elbow, not your hands
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you sneeze, then throw out the tissue and wash your hands
- Disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces
- Evaluate your travel plans as conditions warrant; you should rethink traveling to areas that are already under a travel advisory or areas that are experiencing an outbreak of Coronavirus
- Currently, there is no vaccine to protect against the coronavirus.
SYMPTOMS
- Mild to severe respiratory illness
- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- For those with a weakened immune system, the elderly and the very young, there's a chance the virus could cause a lower, and much more serious, respiratory tract illness like a pneumonia or bronchitis.
- Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure
CLICK HERE to see an interactive dashboard showing real-time data of confirmed cases and deaths. Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering created a map that provides the most accurate international tracking of the outbreak of coronavirus, or COVID-19.
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