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Coronavirus At-A-Glance 4-24-20

April 24, 2020 / 6:00 PM EDT / CBS Miami

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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 6:00 p.m. on April 24, 2020.

FLORIDA: 30,533 confirmed cases

Residents: 29,356
Deaths: 1,046
Hospitalizations: 4,817
All 67 counties reporting
Total Tests: 320,984
Negative Test Results: 288,505
Percent Positive: 9.5%

MIAMI-DADE: 10,926 confirmed cases (largest number in the state)

Residents: 10,567 Residents Not In Florida: 1, Non-Residents: 133
Deaths: 287
Hospitalizations: 1,246
Total Tests: 70,917
Negative: 59,558; Awaiting Results: 267, Inconclusive: 166

BROWARD: 4,591 confirmed cases

Residents: 4,467, Non-Residents: 124
Deaths: 162
Hospitalizations: 828
Total Tests: 40,472
Negative: 35,800 Awaiting Results: 45, Inconclusive: 36

MONROE: 77 confirmed cases

Residents: 68, Non-Residents: 8
Deaths: 3
Hospitalizations: 10
Total Tests: 1,098
Negative: 971, Awaiting Results: 24, Inconclusive: 0

These numbers are provided by the Florida Department of Health Dashboard and are updated twice daily.

UNITED STATES: 890,524 confirmed cases

Deaths: 51,017 (all states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico)

AROUND THE WORLD: 2,790,986 confirmed cases

Deaths: 195,920
185 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
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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