Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: State Adds 4,555 Cases, 117 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 August 20, 2020.
FLORIDA: 588,602 confirmed cases
- One-Day increase: 4,555
- Total Florida Deaths: 10,184
- New Deaths: 117 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 35,650
- Total Tests: 4,342,418
- Negative Test Results: 3,747,150
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 8.73%
MIAMI-DADE: 149,162 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)
- One-Day Increase: 1,069
- Total Deaths: 2,185
- New Deaths: 19 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 6,897
- Total Tests: 763,862
- Negative: 612,748
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 12.16%
BROWARD: 68,068 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 534
- Total Deaths: 1,051
- New Deaths: 2 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 4,843
- Total Tests: 474,604
- Negative: 405,679
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 8.39%
MONROE: 1,675 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 9
- Total Deaths: 14
- New Deaths: 1 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 108
- Total Tests: 15,240
- Negative: 13,552
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 7.77%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 5,530,655 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 173,204 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 22,453,449 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 788,593
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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