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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 3,449 Newly Reported Cases, Surpasses 16K Deaths

October 16, 2020 / 12:30 PM EDT / CBS Miami

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – New cases of the coronavirus are surfacing every day in South Florida and the rest of the state.

Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 12:00 p.m. on October 16, 2020.

FLORIDA: 748,437 confirmed cases

Increase: 3,449
Total Deaths: 16,030
Newly Reported Deaths: 98 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 46,862
Total Tests: 5,680,917
Negative Test Results: 4,925,248
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.70%

MIAMI-DADE: 177,339 confirmed cases

Increase: 530
Total Deaths: 3,520
Newly Reported Deaths: 19 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 8,036
Total Tests: 978,990
Negative: 799,665
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.77%

BROWARD: 80,443 confirmed cases

Increase: 331
Total Deaths: 1,500
Newly Reported Deaths: 8 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 6,100
Total Tests: 608,773
Negative: 527,446
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.28%

MONROE: 2,022 confirmed cases

Increase: 23
Total Deaths: 24
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 135
Total Tests: 19,285
Negative: 17,250
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 7.98%

These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.

UNITED STATES: 7,985,356 confirmed cases

Deaths: 217,798 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 39,015,163 confirmed cases

Deaths: 1,099,727

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 c30ases 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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