The U.S. now has the sixth-most cases worldwide
Updates: There are now at least 12,392 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, as testing becomes more readily available 195 people in the U.S. have died from coronavirus-related illness, an increase of at least 40 over the last 24 hours With West Virginia reporting their first case on Tuesday evening, the virus has now spread to all 50 U.
S. states and the District of ColumbiaItaly has officially surpassed China in number of deaths related to the virus, as of Thursday, with 3,405 The first cases of a mysterious respiratory illness — what is now known as COVID-2019, a form of coronavirus — began in Wuhan, China in late December. Since then, , leading the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency, the first since the zika epidemic in 2016.with hundreds of flights leaving and landing from the city of 11 million each day. Soon, as people flew from the area to different countries, the coronavirus reached more countries, including the United States.As of midday on March 19, there have been at least 12,392 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S., and 195 deaths., just outside of Seattle, in a man who had recently returned from Wuhan. The number of cases grew slowly from there, with a total of just 14 over the course of about a month, but as February came to an end, the virus began to spread more rapidly in communities across the U.S.— meaning someone had contracted coronavirus despite no recent travel, and had likely unknowingly come in contact with someone with the disease. From there, the number of U.S. cases jumped up, particularly in Washington state, where there are now 1,228 people with coronavirus, and 75 deaths.
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