MIAMI (CBSMiami) – New cases of the coronavirus are surfacing every day across the nation and around the world.
Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 6:45 p.m. on April 2, 2020.
FLORIDA: 9,008 confirmed cases
- Residents: 8,694, Non-Residents: 314
- Deaths: 144
- Hospitalizations: 1,167
- 57 out of 67 counties reporting confirmed cases
- People Tested: 80,356
- Negative Test Results: 71,348; Negative test results = 11% positive
MIAMI-DADE: 2,886 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)
- Residents: 2,847, Residents Not in Florida: 1, Non-Residents: 38
- Deaths: 20
- Total Tests: 14,854
- Negative: 11,802, Awaiting Results: 162, Inconclusive: 9
- Hospitalizations: 200
BROWARD: 1,481 confirmed cases
- Residents: 1,447 Non-Residents: 34
- Deaths: 17
- Total Tests: 13,196
- Negative: 11,636, Awaiting Results: 73, Inconclusive: 8
- Hospitalizations: 155
MONROE: 38 confirmed cases
- Residents: 33, Non-Residents: 5
- Deaths: 0
- Total Tests: 347
- Negative: 228, Awaiting Results: 81, Inconclusive: 0
- Hospitalizations: 7
These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard and are updated twice daily.
UNITED STATES: 238,820 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 5,758 deaths (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)
AROUND THE WORLD: 1,007,977 confirmed cases
- Deaths: 52,771
- Recovered: 210,055
- 180 countries/regions affected
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
- You do NOT need a facemask if you are healthy. Facemasks should only be used by sick or symptomatic people
- 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 and no medications to treat it.
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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