Covid-19 Update

On February 3, I wrote this:

At this moment, there are 17,496 cases confirmed worldwide, with 17,308 of those cases in China. There are 11 cases in the US. There have been 362 deaths from Coronavirus, all of them in China.

Now, 53 days later, the above statement needs amending. The new statement is:

At this moment, there are 595,953 cases confirmed worldwide, with 81,905 of those cases in China. There are 104,007 cases in the US. There have been 27,333 deaths from Coronavirus, with 1,693 deaths in the US.

The US has passed China to become the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. This chart shows cases in the US as of March 26.

Is it time to panic? No, it’s never time to panic. But it is past time to get serious about doing what the CDC tells us to do.

This is also a reminder of why the US should have universal healthcare. Do we really want sick people spreading a deadly disease because they can’t afford medical care?

Chart created by John Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE).