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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 2,795 Cases, 107 Newly Reported Deaths

September 26, 2020 / 11:41 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 11 a.m. on September 26, 2020.

FLORIDA: 698,682 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 2,795
Total Florida Deaths: 14,190
Newly Reported Deaths: 107 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 43,469
Total Tests: 5,242,163
Negative Test Results: 4,536,325
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.47%

MIAMI-DADE: 169,144 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 369
Total Deaths: 3,231 3,202
Newly Reported Deaths: 29 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 7,788
Total Tests: 909,020
Negative: 737,860
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.39%

BROWARD: 76,700 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 180
Total Deaths: 1,379
Newly Reported Deaths: 15 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 5,864
Total Tests: 562,826
Negative: 485,242
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.08%

MONROE: 1,834 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 6
Total Deaths: 22
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 121
Total Tests: 17,711
Negative: 15,865
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 2.97%

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

UNITED STATES: 7,035,893 confirmed cases

Deaths: 203,808 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 32,610,240 confirmed cases

Deaths: 989,921

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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