Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 2,251 New Cases, Miami-Dade Cases Trend Upward
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 October 6, 2020.
FLORIDA: 720,125 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 2,251
- Total Florida Deaths: 14,945
- Newly Reported Deaths: 59 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 45,004
- Total Tests: 5,440,799
- Negative Test Results: 4,713,453
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.44%
MIAMI-DADE: 172,849 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 451
- Total Resident Deaths: 3,349
- Newly Reported Deaths: 15 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 7,910
- Total Tests: 939,167
- Negative: 764,313
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.80%
BROWARD: 78,136 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 124
- Total Resident Deaths: 1,429
- Newly Reported Deaths: 6 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 6,001
- Total Tests: 581,911
- Negative: 502,892
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.08%
MONROE: 1,886 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 6
- Total Resident Deaths: 23
- Newly Reported Deaths: 1 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 129
- Total Tests: 18,338
- Negative: 16,440
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.03%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 7,464,372 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 210,313 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 35,559,026 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 1,045,390
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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