(NEW YORK) — Here’s the latest information on the COVID-19 coronavirus as of 9:20 a.m. ET.
Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 1,446,557
Global deaths: 83,149. Italy has the most deaths of any single country, with 17,127.
Number of countries/regions: at least 184
Total patients recovered globally: 307,982
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 399,929 diagnosed cases in 50 states + the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. This is more than in any other country.
U.S. deaths: at least 12,911. New York City has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 5,489.
U.S. total patients recovered: 22,539
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in New York, with 134,830 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 19.5 million. That is the most reported cases than in any other single region in the world. The province of Hubei, China, is next, with 67,803 confirmed cases out of a total population of 58.5 million.
Latest reported deaths per state
Visit https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html for the latest numbers.
School closures
For a state-by-state interactive map of current school closures, please visit the Education Week website, where numbers are updated once daily.
There are 98,277 public schools and 34,576 private schools in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Those schools educate almost 50.8 million public school students and 5.8 million private school students.
The latest headlines
Sources say intelligence report warned of COVID-19 crisis as early as November
U.S. intelligence officials has warning as far back as late November, 2019, that there was a contagion sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, according to sources briefed on the matter. Concerns about the matter were included in a November intelligence report by the military’s National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), according to two officials familiar with the document’s contents, which included satellite images and analysis of wire and computer intercepts. It reportedly raised alarms because an out-of-control disease would pose a serious threat to U.S. forces in Asia, and at least suggests the U.S. government could have engaged mitigation efforts far sooner than it did to address the potential of the contagion reaching the U.S.
New York reports largest single-day jump in COVID-19 fatalities
After promising data showed a plateau in New York’s COVID-19 activity, on Tuesday the state saw its largest single-day death toll jump in a span of 24-hours. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says 731 people died between Monday and Tuesday, bumping the state’s death toll to 5,489 as of Tuesday evening. The state has reported 140,386 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday morning. Even so, the state has seen a plateau in the hospitalization rate over the past three days, and Cuomo encouraged the public to continue practicing social distancing guidelines. In neighboring New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy has closed county parks as the state grapples with a rise in cases, which now stands at 44,416.
Hundreds of airline employees test positive for COVID-19
Arline employees are arguably at greater risk for COVID-19 exposure, and sobering new figures from airline unions are supporting that idea. WFAA Dallas reports around 100 American Airlines flight attendants and at least 600 Southwest employees tested positive for COVID-19, their respective unions say. The positive tests came in recent days and that number is expected to continue rising, according to information released by multiple unions. Also, a second AA flight attendant, a male based out of St. Louis, has died of COVID-19, sources say. He was a St. Louis-based flight attendant. News of the death came hours after the Association of Professional Flight Attendants informed its members that around 100 flight attendants had tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Saturday.
Good news!
DHS announces contact with GM to produce 30,000 ventilators
The Department of Health and Human services has announced General Motors has received the first contract for ventilator production rated under the Defense Production Act. The $489.4 million contract calls for GM to produce 6,132 ventilators by June 1, which will be delivered to the Strategic National Stockpile, with 30,000 ventilators in all to be delivered by the end of August, according to the official DHS announcement.
After 17 days on ventilator, New York man recovers from COVID-19
Maria Amoretti says that instead of looking forward to their 30th wedding anniversary, she was preparing herself for husband Victor’s funeral instead. As WABC in New York reports, Victor, 54, got sick about three weeks ago and days later, he was in the White Plains, NY hospital and on a ventilator. As days turned into weeks, Maria’s fears that Victor wouldn’t make it grew, particularly since he has underlying health issues and because the longer a person is on a ventilator, the less likely it is that they’ll eventually breathe on their own again. But after 17 days, Victor stabilized and is currently recovering in a rehab center. Best of all, Maria is finally able to touch and talk to him again, after more than two weeks, and is again looking forward to their 30th wedding anniversary celebration.
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