The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 97 (8 more than yesterday) countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan).
As of March 07, 2020 at 01:20 GMT, there have been 320 (94 more cases/41% increase from yesterday) confirmed cases and 15 deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 in the United States.
Washington State: Washington county recommends all 2.2M residents to work from home, tells over 60’s to stay indoors
A Washington state county, where by 31 coronavirus scenarios and 9 deaths have been documented, has proposed to its 2.2 million inhabitants that they should work from house to support sluggish the unfold of the infectious condition, and further more urged anyone in excess of 60 to remain indoors.
Thousands of US residents have been asked by state governments to 'self-quarantine.' Here's what that looks like
In New York alone, more than 2,500 people were instructed to self-quarantine as health officials scour for anyone who may have been exposed to the state's first coronavirus cases. At least 22 have tested positive and are in isolation.
As of March 07, 2020 at 01:20 GMT, there have been 320 (94 more cases/41% increase from yesterday) confirmed cases and 15 deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 in the United States.
Washington State: Washington county recommends all 2.2M residents to work from home, tells over 60’s to stay indoors
A Washington state county, where by 31 coronavirus scenarios and 9 deaths have been documented, has proposed to its 2.2 million inhabitants that they should work from house to support sluggish the unfold of the infectious condition, and further more urged anyone in excess of 60 to remain indoors.
Thousands of US residents have been asked by state governments to 'self-quarantine.' Here's what that looks like
In New York alone, more than 2,500 people were instructed to self-quarantine as health officials scour for anyone who may have been exposed to the state's first coronavirus cases. At least 22 have tested positive and are in isolation.
In California, health officials
said Thursday more than 9,700 returning travelers were told to stay at
home and monitor their health. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of
emergency earlier this week after California saw its first virus-related
death.
As numbers climb, states are grappling to keep an eye on the thousands of residents shuttered in their homes who may have come in contact with someone infected in efforts to stop the spread of the illness.
- 98 new cases and 3 new deaths in the United States, including:
- 1 new case in Rhode Island (third in the state): a female in her 60s, now at home with mild symptoms. who had direct, face-to-face contact with a confirmed case in New York in late February [source]
- 1st case in Nebraska: a woman in her 30s from Douglas county who recently returned from England at the end of February. She started experiencing symptoms and was hospitalized at Methodist Hospital on March 5 [source]
- 1st case in Connecticut: a nurse at Danbury Hospital [source]
- 9 new cases and 3 new deaths in Washington state [source] [source]
- 1st case in Oklahoma: a man in his 50s resident in Tulsa County [source]
- 11 new cases in Calfornia:- 4 in Santa Clara County [source]- 21 on the Grand Princess cruise ship off California [source]
- 3 in Contra Costa County [source]
- 1 in Yolo County [source]
- 3 in Placer County who had traveled on the Grand Princess cruise ship from San Francisco to Mexico Feb. 11-21. Two had mild symptoms that have already resolved; the third currently has mild symptoms. All three are isolated at home and none required hospitalization. [source]
- 1st case in Kentucky, Lexington [source]
- 3 in Colorado: 2 residents of Denver [source] and of Colorado Springs: a man in his 40s who had traveled recently to California [source]
- 1st case in Minnesota: an elderly person who had traveled on a cruise ship that had a confirmed case [source]
- 1 in Nevada: the case has a family member who is a student at Huffaker Elementary School in Reno, which has been closed "out of an abundance of caution" [source]
- 1 in Massachusetts: a parent in Wellesley with children in the Upham and Wellesley middle schools, were students were dismissed early in order to fully clean and sanitize the buildings [source]
- 1 in Georgia [source]
- 1 in Indiana (1st in the state): an adult from Marion County who had traveled to Boston recently and had been at an event (Cambridge-based Biogen’s Boston conference) where other people have also tested positive. They returned to Indiana on Wednesday, March 4. [source]
- 1 in North Carolina (Chatham County): a man who had recently returned from Italy
- 2 in Pennsylvania (1st in the state) [source]
- 22 in New York state [source] [source]- 8 in Westchester County- first 2 cases in Colorado (Summit County): 1 is a 30-year old man who had traveled to Italy in February and was in contact with a confirmed case outside of Colorado. [source]
- 3 in Nassau County [source]
- 11 connected to the original New Rochelle case
- first 3 cases in Maryland (Montgomery County): they had all recently traveled overseas [source]
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