Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 3,255 New COVID Cases, 2-Week Positivity Rate 4.84%
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 1:00 p.m. on September 17, 2020.
FLORIDA: 674,456 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 3,255
- Total Florida Deaths: 13,247
- Newly Reported Deaths: 147 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 42,047
- Total Tests: 5,018,057
- Negative Test Results: 4,336,517
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.84%
MIAMI-DADE: 165,595 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 448
- Total Deaths: 2,977
- Newly Reported Deaths: 22 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 7,656
- Total Tests: 874,228
- Negative: 706,608
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 5.09%
BROWARD: 75,048 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 216
- Total Deaths: 1,311
- Newly Reported Deaths: 14 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 5,742
- Total Tests: 542,713
- Negative: 466,782
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.25%
MONROE: 1,799 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 8
- Total Deaths: 22
- Newly Reported Deaths: 2 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 120
- Total Tests: 17,088
- Negative: 15,277
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 2.94%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 6,635,467 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 196,912 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 29,917,428 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 941,862
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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