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Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Reports 2,539 New Cases, 50 Additional Deaths

October 18, 2020 / 12:19 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 12:30 p.m. on October 18, 2020.

FLORIDA: 755,020 confirmed cases

Increase: 2,539
Total Deaths: 16,168
Newly Reported Deaths: 50 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 47,053
Total Tests: 5,729,634
Negative Test Results: 4,967,372
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.8%

MIAMI-DADE: 178,354 confirmed cases

Increase: 461
Total Deaths: 3,540
Newly Reported Deaths: 3 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 8,052
Total Tests: 987,118
Negative: 806,791
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.69%

BROWARD: 81,107 confirmed cases

Increase: 287
Total Deaths: 1,510
Newly Reported Deaths: 4 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 6,119
Total Tests: 614,329
Negative: 532,339
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.51%

MONROE: 2,049 confirmed cases

Increase: 11
Total Deaths: 25
Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 48 hours)
Hospitalizations: 137
Total Tests: 19,529
Negative: 17,466
14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 7.6%

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

UNITED STATES: 8,111,105 confirmed cases

Deaths: 219,328 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 39,775,831 confirmed cases

Deaths: 1,111,224

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 c30ases 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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