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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 3,306 Cases, 172 Newly Reported Deaths

October 8, 2020 / 11:55 AM EDT / CBS Miami

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 p.m. on October 8, 2020.

FLORIDA: 726,013 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 3,306
Total Florida Deaths: 15,254
Newly Reported Deaths: 172 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 45,483
Total Tests: 5,496,985
Negative Test Results: 4,763,745
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.37%

MIAMI-DADE: 173,721 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 441
Total Resident Deaths: 3,387
Newly Reported Deaths: 19 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 7,942
Total Tests: 947,908
Negative: 772,190
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.72%

BROWARD: 78,614 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 240
Total Resident Deaths: 1,443
Newly Reported Deaths: 3 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 6,024
Total Tests: 588,010
Negative: 508,518
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 2.96%

MONROE: 1,914 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 19
Total Resident Deaths: 23
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 131
Total Tests: 18,561
Negative: 16,635
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.32%

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

UNITED STATES: 7,555,437 confirmed cases

Deaths: 211,917 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 36,238,849 confirmed cases

Deaths: 1,057,102

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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