Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida's Death Toll Surpasses 11K
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 August 27, 2020.
FLORIDA: 611,991 confirmed cases
- One-Day increase: 3,269
- Total Florida Deaths: 11,011
- Newly Reported Deaths: 139 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 37,718
- Total Tests: 4,524,203
- Negative Test Results: 3,905,373
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 6.82%
MIAMI-DADE: 154,757 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)
- One-Day Increase: 622
- Total Deaths: 2,346
- Newly Reported Deaths: 29 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 7,160
- Total Tests: 796,479
- Negative: 639,744
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 9.57%
BROWARD: 70,147 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 264
- Total Deaths: 1,169
- Newly Reported Deaths: 9 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 5,291
- Total Tests: 491,687
- Negative: 420,668
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 6.43%
MONROE: 1,704 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 4
- Total Deaths: 15
- Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 112
- Total Tests: 15,774
- Negative: 14,057
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 5.64%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 5,825,810 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 179,770 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 24,215,678 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 826,743
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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