Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance 8-9-20; Florida Cases Increase 6,229
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 11:45 a.m. on August 9, 2020.
FLORIDA: 532,806 confirmed cases
- One-Day increase: 6,229
- Total Florida Deaths: 8,315
- New Deaths: 77 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 30,505
- Total Tests: 3,991,826
- Negative Test Results: 3,452,857
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 14.06%
MIAMI-DADE: 132,461 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)
- One-Day Increase: 1,233
- Total Deaths: 1,865
- New Deaths: 27 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 6,235
- Total Tests: 682,232
- Negative: 548,078
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 15.12%
BROWARD: 62,268 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 695
- Total Deaths: 803
- New Deaths: 14 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 3,848
- Total Tests: 434,122
- Negative: 371,103
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 10.71%
MONROE: 1,526 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 14
- Total Deaths: 13
- New Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 94
- Total Tests: 13,711
- Negative: 12,173
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 11.92%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 5,002,523 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 162,455 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 19,680,042 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 727,777
- 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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