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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 738 New Cases, Lowest Since June, Amid Low Test Count

September 28, 2020 / 5:12 PM EDT / CBS Miami

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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 September 28, 2020.

FLORIDA: 701,302 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 738 *
Total Florida Deaths: 14,207
Newly Reported Deaths: 5 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 43,606
Total Tests: 5,268,827
Negative Test Results: 4,560,370
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.48%
*Statewide total test count on 9/27 was 18,410 tests when the 2-week test average was 56,543.

MIAMI-DADE: 169,466 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 40
Total Deaths: 3,228
Newly Reported Deaths: -3 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 7,794
Total Tests: 912,211
Negative: 740,731
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.29%

BROWARD: 76,874 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 20
Total Deaths: 1,380
Newly Reported Deaths: 1 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 5,876
Total Tests: 565,039
Negative: 487,281
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.08%

MONROE: 1,837 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 2
Total Deaths: 22
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 122
Total Tests: 17,809
Negative: 15,960
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 2.67%

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

UNITED STATES: 7,117,830 confirmed cases

Deaths: 204,778 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 33,153,664 confirmed cases

Deaths: 998,674

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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