Coronavirus At-A-Glance: South Florida Newly Reported COVID-19 Cases Decline Slightly As State Sets New Death Record With 257
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 a.m. on July 31, 2020.
FLORIDA: 470,386 confirmed cases
- One-Day increase: 9,007 cases
- Total Florida Deaths: 6,966
- New Deaths: 257 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 26,533
- Total Tests: 3,633,393
- Negative Test Results: 3,157,702
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 12.08%
MIAMI-DADE: 118,462 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)
- One-Day Increase: 2,546
- Total Deaths: 1,611
- New Deaths: 96 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Hospitalizations: 5,505
- Total Tests: 623,572
- Negative: 503,603
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 18,48%
BROWARD: 55,411 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 1,099
- Total Deaths: 709
- New Deaths: 33 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Hospitalizations: 3,349
- Total Tests: 394,976
- Negative: 338,959
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 13.41%
MONROE: 1,300 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 70
- Total Deaths: 8
- New Deaths: 2 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Hospitalizations: 86
- Total Tests: 12,134
- Negative: 10,826
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 13.26%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 4,496,737 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 152,074 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 17,328,238 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 673,936
- 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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