Coronavirus-At-A-Glance: Florida Cases Drop But State-Run Testing Sites Were Closed Due To Tropical Storm Isaias
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – New cases of the coronavirus are surfacing every day South Florida and the rest of the state.
Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 11:00 a.m. on August 3, 2020.
FLORIDA: 491,884 confirmed cases
- One-Day increase: 4,752 (*Down 2,352 from Sunday but state-run testing sites were closed over the weekend due to Tropical Storm Isaias)
- Total Florida Deaths: 7,236
- New Deaths: 30 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 27,366
- Total Tests: 3,758,496
- Negative Test Results: 3,260,914
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 11.41%
MIAMI-DADE: 123,644 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)
- One-Day Increase: 954 (*Down 526 from Sunday but state-run testing sites were closed over the weekend due to Tropical Storm Isaias)
- Total Deaths: 1,694
- New Deaths: 25 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Hospitalizations: 5,685
- Total Tests: 645,835
- Negative: 520,593
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 17.27%
BROWARD: 58,531 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 556 (*Down 646 from Sunday but state-run testing sites were closed over the weekend due to Tropical Storm Isaias)
- Total Deaths: 748
- New Deaths: 3 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Hospitalizations: 3,431
- Total Tests: 412,071
- Negative: 352,864
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 12.63%
MONROE: 1,379 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 22
- Total Deaths: 11
- New Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Hospitalizations: 92
- Total Tests: 12,540
- Negative: 11,247
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 13.03%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 4,675,628 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 154,944 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 18,117,821 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 690,181
- 188 countries/regions affected
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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