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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 1,948 Newly Reported Cases, 174 Deaths, Slight Uptick In Positivity Rate

September 30, 2020 / 1:00 PM 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 1 p.m. on September 30, 2020.

FLORIDA: 706,516 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 1,948
Total Florida Deaths: 14,487
Newly Reported Deaths: 174 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 44,108
Total Tests: 5,308,344
Negative Test Results: 4,594,668
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.58%

MIAMI-DADE: 170,400 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 314
Total Deaths: 3,280
Newly Reported Deaths: 37 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 7,833
Total Tests: 918,330
Negative: 745,921
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.46%

BROWARD: 77,220 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 98
Total Deaths: 1,396
Newly Reported Deaths: 12 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 5,921
Total Tests: 569,902
Negative: 491,802
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.01%

MONROE: 1,847 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 2
Total Deaths: 22
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 123
Total Tests: 17,898
Negative: 16,039
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 2.99%

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

UNITED STATES: 7,194,922 confirmed cases

Deaths: 206,252 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 33,710,748 confirmed cases

Deaths: 1,009,064

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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