Coronavirus Stats At-A-Glance: Florida Adds 2,470 Cases, 99 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 22, 2020.
FLORIDA: 687,909 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 2,470
- Total Florida Deaths: 13,579
- Newly Reported Deaths: 99 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 42,771
- Total Tests: 5,139,472
- Negative Test Results: 4,444,433
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.70%
MIAMI-DADE: 167,515 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 362
- Total Deaths: 3,085
- Newly Reported Deaths: 30 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 7,690
- Total Tests: 893,373
- Negative: 723,840
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 4.56%
BROWARD: 75,944 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 143
- Total Deaths: 1,328
- Newly Reported Deaths: 2 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 5,733
- Total Tests: 553,963
- Negative: 477,137
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.02%
MONROE: 1,811 confirmed cases
- One-Day Increase: 3
- Total Deaths: 22
- Newly Reported Deaths: 0 *(Reported in last 24 hours)
- Resident Hospitalizations: 116
- Total Tests: 17,361
- Negative: 15,538
- 14-Day Average Positivity Rate: 3.31%
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard.
UNITED STATES: 6,860,484 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 200,005 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 31,365,633 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 965,742
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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