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Coronavirus At-A-Glance 3-29-20

March 29, 2020 / 7:45 PM EDT / CBS Miami

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 7 p.m. on March 29, 2020.

FLORIDA: 4,950 confirmed cases

Residents: 4,768, Non-Residents: 82
Deaths: 60
Hospitalizations: 633
48 out of 67 counties reporting confirmed cases
People Tested: 50,528
Negative Test Results: 44,048 negative test results = 9.6% positive

MIAMI-DADE: 1,472 confirmed cases

Residents: 1,448, Residents Not in Florida: 1, Non-Residents: 23
Deaths: 3
Hospitalizations: 100

BROWARD: 1,012 confirmed cases

Residents: 992, Non-Residents: 20
Deaths: 11
Hospitalizations: 102

MONROE: 23 confirmed cases

Residents: 20, Non-Residents: 3
Deaths: 0
Hospitalizations: 4

UNITED STATES: 140,886 confirmed cases

Deaths: 2,467 deaths in US states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico.

AROUND THE WORLD: 720,117 confirmed cases

Deaths: 33,925
177 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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