Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 1,685 Cases, 21 Newly Reported Deaths
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 11 a.m. on September 21, 2020.
FLORIDA: 685,439 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 1,685
- Total Florida Deaths: 13,480
- Newly Reported Deaths: 21 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 42,543
- Total Tests: 5,120,391
- Negative Test Results: 4,427,821
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.64%
MIAMI-DADE: 167,153 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 272
- Total Deaths: 3,055
- Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 7,673
- Total Tests: 890,593
- Negative: 721,419
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.55%
BROWARD: 75,801 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 119
- Total Deaths: 1,322
- Newly Reported Deaths: 2 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 5,705
- Total Tests: 552,225
- Negative: 475,541
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.06%
MONROE: 1,808 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: None: One less case than previously reported-1
- Total Deaths: 22
- Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 116
- Total Tests: 17,340
- Negative: 15,520
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 2.84%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 6,814,696 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 199,531 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 31,104,646 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 961,459
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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