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Coronavirus in the United States: 37 dead, more than 1,200 cases in 41 states and the District of Columbia

The number of confirmed cases is expected to increase because there is accumulated evidence pending analysis. So people with coronaviruses may not even know it

For the first time in 11 years, the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic, and a senior US health official called on Wednesday “all hands on deck” to fight the coronavirus, “because it’s going to get worse.”

A pandemic is defined as the “global spread” of a new disease.

The United States has more than 1,200 cases of new coronaviruses, CNN reports.

And the growing groups of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in many cities and counties across the country are forcing many Americans to change their daily lives.

Keeping the workplace safe, the home safe, the school safe, and business establishments safe, this should be universal for the country, ”said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “We would like the country to realize that, as a nation, we cannot be doing the kinds of things that we were doing a few months ago,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter if you are in a state that has no cases or a case. You must begin to take seriously what you can do now. Everyone should say: ‘All hands on the deck. This is what we have to do ‘”.

The spread of the new coronavirus has motivated federal authorities in the United States to warn the population that “the situation is going to get worse”, in a day where the death toll rose to 37 and events continue to be postponed or public access is restricted.

New deaths

Authorities in Washington, where most deaths are accounted for, report five new deaths today, increasing the total in this state to 29, and the national total to 37, with 4 deaths in California, 2 in Florida, and New Jersey and South Dakota with one each.

The World Health Organization (WHO) counts on Wednesday with 118,326 coronavirus cases in 114 countries, and 4,280 deaths, of which 280 were reported on Wednesday, Meanwhile in United States national media speak of more than a thousand cases, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) account for 938 cases, in addition to another 49 returnees, for a total of 987.

Washington bans massive events

The situation in Washington state, where authorities report 366 cases, prompted its governor, Democrat Jay Inslee, to announce banning events of more than 250 people in the three counties most affected by the outbreak.

The public schools for the city of Seattle, in King County, will be closed this Thursday for 14 days.

King County, the most affected by this outbreak, concentrates 26 deaths and 234 positives. At least 19 of those fatalities were patients at the Life Care Center.

The first death in Los Angeles

In California, the alert increased after the report of the first death in Los Angeles County. This is a woman in her 60s, who is not a County resident and with a long history of travel.

The Los Angeles School District (LAUSD) with more than 630,000 students, mostly Latinos, and 100,000 employees, signed an order giving its superintendent “emergency powers” to order the closing of schools in the event that the outbreak.

Covid-19 hits Wall Street again

Fear of the pandemic hit Wall Street, which sank again this Wednesday and its main indicator, the Dow Jones Industrials, closed with losses of 5.86% in another volatile day marked by investors’ fear of the economic slowdown derived from the crisis of the disease.

The selective S&P 500 fell 4.89%, and the Nasdaq Composite Market Index, which gathers major technology companies, down 4.70%.

Investors have been pessimistic today because the Administration of the President Donald Trump It has not broken down the package of fiscal measures that it prepares to reassure the markets before the economic problems that the disease is bringing.

Trump’s response

During a meeting with bankers at the White House, President Donald Trump said he “made some decisions today” and that will make a statement tonight on what the country should do about the coronavirus.

The acting undersecretary of National Security, Ken Cuccinelli, said at a meeting in Congress that Coronavirus travel restrictions to Europe are being discussed.

More cancellations of events and study centers

The restrictions within the United States for major events have already reached university sports, today the National University Sports Association (NCAA) restricted public entry to the March Madness 2020 tournament, which includes women’s and men’s college basketball games around the country.

This Thursday’s NBA game in San Francisco between the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors will be played without fans.

Meanwhile, in Texas, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was suspended following the health emergency declaration issued in Houston, and Harris County, in a local effort to stem the spread.

In Florida, The Florida University System ordered its teaching centers to initiate a transition to the distance learning system on Wednesday. “as soon as possible”.

With information from EFE

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