Miami-Dade County officials are offering hundreds of free hotel rooms around the Miami area to people who don’t have a place to self-isolate in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus within multigenerational households.

“Miami-Dade County residents who need temporary hotel rooms to isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic can call a new help line for assistance,” county officials announced.

The hotline number is and is open every day between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Throughout the pandemic, the county has been providing hotel rooms to health care workers, first responders and homeless individuals, among others, who need to isolate for short periods,” county officials said. “The county also is providing isolation rooms at hotels for patients recommended by the Florida Department of Health and area hospitals.”

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez announced the addition of 400 more hotel rooms along with the expansion of the program on Friday. The program previously had about 100 rooms.

“As we continue to take tough measures to tamp down the spread of the virus, we must do all we can to protect our seniors and at-risk families, as well as our hospital personnel, who have been working nonstop throughout this pandemic,” Gimenez said.

Officials said the program is now available to residents with or without symptoms who need to isolate from family members while they await test results as well as to people who have been exposed to someone who has tested positive.

“The recent spike in COVID-19 infections among 18- to 34-year-olds has put multigenerational households, common in Miami-Dade County, at particular risk of having an older member end up in the hospital,” county officials added.