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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 3,266 New Cases As Positivity Rate Ticks Slightly Upward

September 29, 2020 / 12:01 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 29, 2020.

FLORIDA: 704,568 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 3,266
Total Florida Deaths: 14,313
Newly Reported Deaths: 106 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 43,855
Total Tests: 5,297,279
Negative Test Results: 4,585,548
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.54%

MIAMI-DADE: 170,086 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 620
Total Deaths: 3,243
Newly Reported Deaths: 15 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 7,816
Total Tests: 916,538
Negative: 744,438
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.44%

BROWARD: 77,122 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 4
Total Deaths: 1,384
Newly Reported Deaths: 4 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 5,908
Total Tests: 568,601
Negative: 490,598
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.02%

MONROE: 1,845 confirmed cases

One-Day Increase: 8
Total Deaths: 22
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
Resident Hospitalizations: 123
Total Tests: 17,865
Negative: 16,008
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 2.90%

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

UNITED STATES: 7,156,562 confirmed cases

Deaths: 205,268 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 33,431,133 confirmed cases

Deaths: 1,003,168

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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