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COVID-19 all-in-one update

COVID-19 all-in-one update(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: 3,057,957
Global deaths: 211,894.  The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 56,634.
Number of countries/regions: at least 185
Total patients recovered globally: 902,129

Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 988,469 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 56,634.  New York City has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 17,515.
U.S. total patients recovered: 111,583
U.S. total people tested: 5,593,495
U.S. total people hospitalized: 128,673

The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in New York, with 291,996 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 111,188 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
COVID-19 sickens over three million globally
The COVID-19 pandemic has sickened over three million people across the globe, pushing America’s total to nearly a million, according to Johns Hopkins University.  As of early Monday morning, the global infection number stands at 3,057,957, with 988,469 confirmed cases in the U.S.  The global death toll is 211,894 while in the U.S., there are 56,634 confirmed deaths.  It has been hypothesized that the numbers could be higher due to unequal access to testing and varying requirements and criteria in different countries.  Because of that, President Donald Trump laid out guidelines on Monday to ramp up testing across the country in order to safely reopen the economy.  It’s also speculated that some countries are under-reporting the toll COVID-19 has had.  According to Johns Hopkins University, out of the over three million worldwide cases, 902,129 have recovered.  In the U.S. alone with nearly a million cases, about 111,583 have recovered.

Online simulator models what happens when lockdowns are lifted too early
Medical experts have been warning for weeks of likely resurgences of infections if COVID-19 lockdowns are lifted too early.  Now, Massachusetts General Hospital as a tool to show how that could look.  The online COVID-19 Simulator analyzes available data on a national or state level in three so-called interventions — current restrictions, minimal restrictions, and lockdown — for durations of two, four, eight, 12 and 16 weeks, then graphs the likely infection outcomes.  Using Georgia and Texas as case study examples and Monday, 4/27 as the starting date, lifting current restrictions after 12 weeks saw the desired flattening of the deaths curve by July and August, while lifting restrictions after four weeks of lockdown saw an increase in deaths.  Lifting stay-at-home orders after four weeks saw the most dramatic spike in coronavirus fatalities, with deaths in both Georgia and Texas increasing twelvefold by August 30.

President Trump introduces new COVID-19 testing guidelines
In a bid to safely reopen the economy, President Donald Trump on Monday rolled out plans to increase testing across the country, a critical component health experts like Dr. Debora Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci say is necessary to put the economy back on track.  During a late afternoon press conference, President Trump said “Testing is not going to be a problem at all.”  Appearing next to executives from CVS and other commercial labs and retailers, the president also urged governors in a separate call to reopen their school systems, saying doing that would be a “good thing.”  Trump said the only way businesses can reopen is with new testing guidelines, and introduced the new White House blueprint that he said will “expand the number of testing platforms established, monitoring systems to detect local outbreaks, and conduct contact tracing.”  One component allows seniors to access testing through Medicare, and encourages governors to allow the same for those on Medicaid, which is administered by states.  In addition, more tests will be distributed to states, especially those dealing with a higher number of COVID-19 cases.

Good news!
New York City health care workers get free haircuts from mobile barbershop
Lack of access to barbershops and hair salons has made home haircut videos a humorous trend online.  But healthcare workers, many of whom are self-isolating from their families between hospital shifts, don’t even have that option.  Enter Shortcut, which bills itself as the nation’s largest mobile haircutting business.  As WABC reports, they set up shop outside of New York City’s Mount Sinai Morningside hospital Monday and gave free haircuts to any healthcare worker and hospital staffer who wanted one.  The company says it’s their way of showing the community gratitude for what healthcare workers are doing to keep everyone safe.

Molly Maid franchisee cleans healthcare worker, first responders’ homes for donations
When California announced its COVID-19 lockdown, business for Kathy Kuiper’s Molly Maid franchise fell by half overnight.  But KABC reports she’s hit upon a way to not only stay in business and avoid laying off staff, but help the community as well.  She’s asking people to donate money, in exchange for which her staff will clean the home of a first responder, healthcare worker or other essential worker fighting the pandemic.  “We had a really good response, and of course, the first responders were so excited to get a cleaning, and it kept our employees busy. They didn’t have to file for unemployment so that was fantastic,” said Kuiper, whose franchise covers the Long Beach and Newport Beach areas.  She said she now has a waiting list of homes to clean, and even began a contest where people can nominate someone they feel deserves a free house cleaning.

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