Coronavirus ID19
As of today, 22 February 2020, there are 75,465 confirmed cases of confirmed COVID-19 in China with 2236 deaths according to the AP. Coronavirus is a family of viruses with cases devoloping into SARS and MERS. Almost all of the viruses are located around Wuhan,Hubei.By the sounds of the head doctor ,there is not enough equipment to perform tests, 60 million people live in Wuhan, and cannot tell how to measure or tabulate COVID-19 cases. "Now that we have labratory capacity, we can adjust the case definition again."The biggest danger that is apparent is that the "fear" of the virus is spreading faster than the virus itself.
Am reading an article about the MERS and SARS virus and how the CDC is labelling CVIp-19 as SARS CoV_o2 in response. It appears that SARS is related to coronavirus. This virus has me worried because it is so close to SARS. My wife feels that it was released from a laboratory. This would be a concerning to me because the laboratories are supposedly allowed to operate to protect us.
The Who recommends that if we wash our hands with soap and water, or use a alcohol based hand sanitizer. If we have sneezes to cover out mouth. If we blow our nose of bring up flim use a clean fresh tissue and discard the tissue after use in a covered waste hamper. If the patient has a "fever, cough, or difficulty breathing" seek medical care immediately. Maintain a social distance if you are coughing or someone else is coughing because of droplets of fluid spread disease as well. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth because our hands can pick up germs.
UPDATE: 1 March 2020-there are 88,339 cases with 3001 deaths reported. Guessing that China is just about shut down because of the virus. A lot of European countries are limiting or cancelling public gatherings.World O Meter has a nice breakdown of statistics and graphs to give someone a better idea of how the worldwide breakdown of cases develop. The (World Health Organisation) Who is patterning their response to a flu-like breakout. When people exhibit a fever, cough, or sore throat the person should self quarentine, that is stay indoors and limit contact with other people. The CDC coronavirus homepage has 'novel' coronavirus, MERS (Middle-Eastern Respiritory Syndrome), SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), and 'common' coronavirus listed. With 97 countries worldwide it is actually a pandemic!
China, Italy, Iran and South Korea have the most deaths, with at least 97 other countries dealing with an outbreak of some nature. Is it a pandemic or an outbreak? Depends on whom is asked and how many people have contracted the disease. South Korea and Iran have reported more than 1000 cases, as of 4 March 2020. There is under reporting: we could be dealing with multiple cases of undetected cases worldwide and chains of human to human transmission worldwide. So we shall listen to what news has to say for now, and decide for our selves.
The Hill reports that 40-70% of the population will come into contact with the coronavuris, which is 2.5-3 people for every one person infected.The Hill also reports that a Harvard scientist has called the contagion a pandemic.
UPDATE: 6 March 2010 - there are over 100,000 cases with over 3400 deaths reported. The U.S. has 14 deaths reported. The ratio of infected who have died is 3.4% worldwide.
UPDATE: As of 11 March 2020 - there are 125,054 cases of coronavirus worldwide with 4,616 deaths. The U.S. is reporting 38 deaths. The virus has been upgraded to a pandemic (Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population) as of 11 March 2020.
UPDATE: As of 13 March 2020 - there are 145.816 cases of coronavirus worldwide with 5438 deaths. The U.S. is reporting 50 deaths with 2329 cases. Dang.
UPDATE: as of 15 March - there are 169,610cases of confirmed corona virus world wide with 6,518 deaths. What an uptick! The U.S. is reporting 3782 cases with 69 deaths. It seems to me that the numbers went way up compared to last week at worldometers.info.
There was a huge jump in cases.182,726 cases worldwide with 7,174 deaths. China seems to be slowing the virus. Iran and Italy seem to have the virus running rampant with the U.S. reporting 4,727 cases with 93 total deaths.
There 219.265 cases worldwide and are 8,968 fatalities reported.
There are UPDATE: 24 March 2020 - 392,286 cases worldwide and 17,147 deaths reported.in the U.S. there are 46,146 cases with 582 deaths. The number of confirmed cases will reach 400.000 by days end.
UPDATE: 27 March 2020 - there are 594,687 cases worldwide and 27,255 deaths. In the U.S. there are 102,464 cases and 1604 deaths reported.
UPDATE: 4 April 2020 - Worldwide there are 1,188,487 cases, and 64,103 deaths reported. In the U.S. there are 302,919 cases reported with 8,243 deaths.
UPDATE: 12 April 2020 - there are 1,790,564 cases reported worldwide and 109,654 deaths. Inside the U.S. there are 533,115 cases and 20,580 deaths reported.
UPDATE: 19 April 2020 - there are 2,332,471 people infected with coronavirus worldwide and 160, 780 deaths reported. In the U.S. there are 738,923 cases with 39,015 deaths reported.
UPDATE: 25 April 2020 - There are 2,846,246 deaths are reported worldide and 197,859 reported deaths. The U.S. is reporting 925,758 cases with 52,217 deaths
UPDATE: 27 April 2020 - There are 3,022,788 cases of corona virus worldwide and 208,862 deaths reported. The U.S. is reporting 991,071 cases with 55,879 deaths.
16 June 2020 - there are 8,256,725 cases reported world wide with 445,958 deaths. In the U. S. there are 2,208,400 cases with 119,132 deaths reported.
