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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Reports 1-Day Increase Of 1,868

October 4, 2020 / 1:04 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 October 4, 2020.

FLORIDA: 716,459 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 1,868
Total Florida Resident Deaths: 14,671
Newly Reported Deaths: 47 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 44,709
Total Tests: 5,404,082
Negative Test Results: 4,680,415
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.52%

MIAMI-DADE: 172,205 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 345
Total Resident Deaths: 3,334
Newly Reported Deaths: 6 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 7,847
Total Tests: 933,264
Negative: 759,052
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.80%

BROWARD: 77,934 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 171
Total Resident Deaths: 1,420
Newly Reported Deaths: 5 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 5,894
Total Tests: 578,703
Negative: 499,884
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.11%

MONROE: 1,869 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 8
Total Resident Deaths: 22
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 123
Total Tests: 18,231
Negative: 16,350
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.17%

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

UNITED STATES: 7,399,459 confirmed cases

Deaths: 209,563 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 34,986,505 confirmed cases

Deaths: 1,034,538

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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