(NEW YORK) — Here’s the latest information on the COVID-19 coronavirus as of 9:45 a.m. ET.
Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 1,930,780
Global deaths: 120,450. The United States has now surpassed Italy as the country with the most deaths, with 21,662.
Number of countries/regions: at least 185
Total patients recovered globally: 464,398
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 582,594 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 21,662. New York City has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 106,763.
U.S. total patients recovered: 44,308
U.S. total people tested: 2,964,726
U.S. total people hospitalized: 95,505
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in New York, with 196,146 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
HHS Announces New Ventilator Contracts
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced five new contracts for ventilator production, under the Defense Production Act. The contacts were awarded to General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, and Vyaire. Two other contracts for ventilator production were awarded to Hamilton and Zoll. HHS says the contracts will help supply 6,190 ventilators for the Strategic National Stockpile by May 8 and 29,510 by June 1. Ventilators are in critically short supply as the U.S. continues to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Oregon woman tests positive for COVID-19 even after symptoms disappear
One reason social distancing is vital to fight COVID-19: Medical experts have been insisting that a person can be symptom free, or asymptomatic, and still have and spread the virus. Rebecca Frasure is proof. As KGW8 in Portland, Oregon reports, she tested positive for COVID-19 while on a recent vacation with her husband in Japan, but only experienced mild symptoms – a dry cough and low-grade fever – that lasted about a week. Yet she continued to test positive for COVID-19 for more than two weeks after, requiring her to spend a total 28 days in hospital isolation. In Oregon, officials are asking residents to remain symptom-free for three days before ending isolation, with Rebecca’s case suggesting even that may not be safe.
Poll worker dies of COVID-19
An unidentified person who staffed a polling station at a Chicago church last month has died of COVID-19. WLS Chicago reports the victim, a volunteer poll worker, tested positive after working during the Illinois state primary. Officials have sent letters to all known poll workers, field investigators, polling place proprietors and election-day voters in all known precincts where there are reports of anyone becoming ill with COVID-19 in the weeks following the primary. The incident highlights the dilemma election officials around the country are facing — the challenge of staging elections during the pandemic — as the primary season draws to a close and November elections draw nearer.
Exclusive Florida island residents all receive COVID-19 tests
Testing for COVID-19 in most of America is hard to come by. In Florida, the Miami Herald reports, only about 1% of residents have been tested. But on Fisher Island — an exclusive Miami-area enclave of about 800 families who boast the highest incomes of any single location in America — everyone will be tested. Island officials just purchased thousands of rapid COVID-19 blood test kits from the University of Miami Health System for all residents and island staff. An island spokesperson said the residents paid for the kits themselves. The average annual income of Fisher Island residents is $2.5 million.
Good news!
Sheriff’s deputies stage drive-by parade for birthday boy
After COVID-10 social distancing canceled his birthday party, five-year-old Angel Sanchez was resigned to celebrate however he could at home. But as KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma reports, Angel’s mom placed a secret call to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, asking if maybe a deputy could drive by the house to help make Angel’s birthday more special. Several deputies in fact took part, and even gave Angel a sheriff’s office patch as a present.
99-year-old veteran raises more than £1.2 million for Britain’s health service
Tom Moore is 99 years old and, as a World War II veteran, knows more than a little about how to meet a challenge. The BBC reports Moore was determined to help National Health Service workers fighting COVID-19, so he decided to walk laps of his 80-footlong yard in Bedfordshire, England to raise money for the NHS. His goal was £1,000. But since his story went viral, Moore – who uses a walker to do the laps – has raised over £2 million, about $2.5 million. His goal is to walk ten laps a day to complete 100 laps before his 100th birthday.
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