(NEW YORK) — Here’s the latest information on the COVID-19 coronavirus as of 9:30 a.m. ET.
Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 1,997,321
Global deaths: 127,601. The United States has now surpassed Italy as the country with the most deaths, with 24,429.
Number of countries/regions: at least 185
Total patients recovered globally: 500,819
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 609,685 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 24,429. New York City has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 7,905.
U.S. total patients recovered: 49,966
U.S. total people tested: 3,120,381
U.S. total people hospitalized: 101,615
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in New York, with 203,377 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. New Jersey is next, with 68,824 reported cases out of a total population of 8.88 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
Retail sales take record March plunge; food, beverage sales up
The news Wednesday morning was worse than expected for U.S. retail sales, which were down a record 8.7% in March because of COVID-19, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Economists expected sales to decrease about 8%. Hardest-hit were clothing and clothing accessories stores, where sales were down a staggering 50.7% from the same period last year. Not surprisingly, food and beverage sales were up 28% over the same period in 2019, driven by Americans stocking up for long periods of quarantine.
NYC revises COVID-19 death toll to over 10,000
New York City continues as the epicenter of the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak, as the city added nearly 4,000 additional deaths to the tally as “probable cases.” These additional 3,778 cases include deaths reported in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and private homes in the last month. The new numbers push the city’s overall death toll past 10,000 and bumps the state total to roughly 15,000. New York Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot announced Tuesday, “We are focused on ensuring that every New Yorker who died because of COVID-19 gets counted.”
TSA screens fewest ever number of passengers Tuesday
The Transportation Security Administration on Tuesday screened fewer than 90,000 passengers in a single day for the first time ever, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strangle commercial passenger air travel. The TSA screened 87,534 people at checkpoints nationwide Tuesday, compared to 2,208,688 on the same weekday last year — around a 96% decrease. Last week, a TSA spokesperson told ABC News, “it’s safe to say it’s the lowest since the days after 9/11.” Wednesday morning, the TSA also reported 403 employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Out of those 403, 45 employees have recovered, and as previously reported three have passed away.
Good news!
Mom recovering at home after delivering baby while in COVID-19 coma
For Angela Primachenko and her family, there’s two times the welcome good news. Beaverton, Oregon’s KPTV reports the Vancouver, B.C. woman is back home recovering not only from COVID-19, but also from delivering her daughter, Ava — while Primachenko was in a medically-induced coma, on a ventilator and fighting for her life. Primachenko’s a respiratory therapist so she knew her odds as soon as she came down with COVID-19 symptoms. Partway through her 17-day hospital stay, doctors delivered Ava at 34 weeks to protect her health, and her mom’s. Since Primachenko’s still positive for COVID-19, she has yet to see her newborn, who remains at the hospital under close watch.
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