MIAMI PRONOUNCEMENT: 5/14/2020

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MAY 14, 2020

Seventeen of our neighbors have been pronounced dead in the last 24 hours. As of May 14th, 2020, there have been a total of 535 deaths due to coronavirus across Miami-Dade County. May those who have fallen to the pandemic rest in peace.

Total number of cases (Miami-Dade County): 14,742

Total number of hospitalizations: 2,270

Total number of deaths: 535

New cases in the past 24 hours: 274

New deaths in the past 24 hours: 17

ON THIS DAY

There’s no doubt that Miami’s travel and hospitality industries have been severely impacted by coronavirus. From cruise and flight cancellations to low vacancy for short-term rentals, the industry has nearly come to a complete halt.

Hospitality leaders expect the industry to trickle back slowly over the coming months, but aren’t expecting normalcy before Art Basel in early December, which brings in thousands of tourists from all around the world.

“These are unprecedented times,” Scott Berman, tourism and hospitality industry analyst with PricewaterhouseCoopers, said. “This community has taken every punch over the past three decades. Storms, 9/11, recession, Zika…How does this stack up? You can roll all those crises into one and still not reach the historic metrics we are seeing across the globe when it comes to travel, tourism and hospitality.”