February 4, 11:25 AM UPDATE: 20,704 cases have now been confirmed and 427 have died. The U.S. remains at 11 confirmed cases.
February 3, 4:12 AM UPDATE: 17,485 confirmed infections, 362 have died and 11 cases are now confirmed in the U.S.
February 1, 6:57 PM UPDATE: 14,084 infections have been confirmed. 304 have died. The number of cases in the U.S. is now 8.
January 31, 7:22 PM UPDATE: Confirmed cases are now up to 11,374 and 259 have died. Confirmed cases in the U.S. is now at 7.
January 30, 10:13 PM UPDATE: 9,776 confirmed cases and 213 have died. We now have 6 confirmed cases in the US. The World Health Organization declared an international emergency. The US issued a level 4 “do not travel” advisory. A pandemic in the making.
January 30, 6:24 AM UPDATE: 7,783 confirmed cases and 170 have died. 1 in 500 will die from the virus, 2%.
January 28, 7:26 PM UPDATE: 5,578 confirmed cases now and 131 have died. No change in the U.S. numbers.
January 27, 9:22 PM UPDATE: The number of cases continues to increase. 4,474 confirmed cases worldwide with 107 deaths. We remain at 5 in the United States.
10:22 PM UPDATE: There’s now 2,794 confirmed cases worldwide and 80 deaths. 5 cases have been confirmed in the United States.
Two thousand are sick and fifty-six are dead in China and the coronavirus is spreading. Three people are confirmed to be infected in the United States. One in the state of Washington, one in Chicago and one in Southern California. High-risk U.S. citizens in Wuhan, China, are being evacuated on January 28th.
The scary thing is you don’t have to be sick or showing symptoms to spread the virus. There’s the potential of a pandemic if it’s not contained very soon. The World Health Organization and Centers for Disease control are closely monitoring the situation.
China is building a 1,000-bed emergency hospital in Wuhan to treat patients and they’ve shut down mass-transit. That may not be enough as the numbers are quickly rising.
Common sense steps you can take, like any other virus, is washing your hands often and avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.