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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 1,533 Cases As South Florida Positivity Rate Trends Upward

October 12, 2020 / 5:25 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 11:30 a.m. on October 12, 2020.

FLORIDA: 736,024 confirmed cases

Increase: 1,533
Total Deaths: 15,599
Newly Reported Deaths: 47 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 46,015
Total Tests: 5,574,469
Negative Test Results: 4,831,259
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.59%

MIAMI-DADE: 175,397 confirmed cases

Increase: 279
Total Deaths: 3,445
Newly Reported Deaths: 6 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 7,974
Total Tests: 960,636
Negative: 783,257
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 5.03%

BROWARD: 79,434 confirmed cases

Increase: 102
Total Deaths: 1,469
Newly Reported Deaths: 2 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 6,052
Total Tests: 596,596
Negative: 516,278
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.11%

MONROE: 1,958 confirmed cases

Increase: 0
Total Deaths: 24
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 133
Total Tests: 18,961
Negative: 16,990
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 6.68%

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

UNITED STATES: 7,765,684 confirmed cases

Deaths: 214,793 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 37,594,267 confirmed cases

Deaths: 1,077,836

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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