<img ” src=”http://abcnewsradioonline.com/storage/news-images-april-2020/N_COVID-19UpdateImage_031820.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1588167182665″ alt=”” style=”display:none”>(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: 3,127,519
Global deaths: 217,674. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 58,964.
Number of countries/regions: at least 185
Total patients recovered globally: 935,646
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 1,012,583 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 58,964. New York City has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 17,682.
U.S. total patients recovered: 115,936
U.S. total people tested: 5,795,728
U.S. total people hospitalized: 106,265
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in New York, with 295,106 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 113,856 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
CDC warns that COVID-19 deaths will continue to rise
The latest data from Johns Hopkins University finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has killed over 217,000 people worldwide and sickened over three million — a number that is believed to be much higher due to testing shortages and countries possibly under-reporting the outbreak. On Tuesday, the United States surpassed a million confirmed cases and at least 58,000 deaths since the first positive case was reported in January — more than the number of American casualties suffered in the Vietnam War. COVID-19 casualties will continue to rise, says the Center for Disease Control and Prevention — exponentially, if social distancing guidelines aren’t followed. How many deaths the U.S. will see when the pandemic slows down remains “very uncertain” but deaths were noticeably lower when “strong contact reduction” is included in models, the CDC says. However, the CDC is certain that deaths will continue to climb over the next four weeks, noting that the degree to which they rise depends on social distancing guidelines, contact tracing and testing. While some states are using these models to extend stay-at-home rules, other states, like Georgia, are forging ahead with reopening their economies.
Trump insists coronavirus testing goal won’t be a problem
With studies saying five million COVID-19 tests need to be done per day by June, as per Harvard University, in order to begin safely reopening the economy, President Donald Trump maintained Tuesday that the U.S. will hit that goal due to new testing guidelines from the White House. While guidance from the White House comes in a blueprint and an overview, it tasks states to amp up testing efforts — leaving the federal government as a “last resort.” The president announced Tuesday while touting the Paycheck Protection Program, “We’re gonna make it so — as we’re opening up the country — you’re gonna be in good shape as opposed to be losing your business.” As for hitting that five million goal, the president added, “We will be there very soon. If you look at the numbers, it could be that we are getting close. I don’t have the numbers right now. We will be there soon.” He continued that the U.S. has done more testing than any other country, saying “we tested more than every country combined.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, has said everyone who needs a test should be able to obtain one by May’s end or early June, but that those dates are estimates.
US COVID-19 death count could be off by “tens of thousands”
As of Wednesday morning, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed nearly 59,000 Americans, according to Johns Hopkins University, but at least one expert warns that the number of deaths could be under-reported by “tens of thousands.” While most news organizations rely on hourly coronavirus statistical updates from Johns Hopkins University, which pulls data from state and local government websites, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the primary agency responsible for U.S. health statistics and lags about two weeks behind in reporting. Yale School of Public health epidemiologist Daniel Weinberger analyzed the NCHS data from March 1 to April 3 and tells ABC News the official U.S. COVID-19 death toll is “probably a substantial underestimate of the true number by tens of thousands.” Part of the reason for the undercount: fewer than 2% of Americans have been tested for COVID-19. Also, scientists are still determining all the ways in which COVID-19 attacks the body, meaning some deaths not ascribed to the coronavirus could have been caused by it.
Good news!
Oklahoma veterans’ center stages parade so family can see residents
Social distancing is particularly tough on senior residents of assisted living centers, some of whom haven’t been able to see their families for over a month. But KOCO in Oklahoma City reports the Norman Veterans Center just staged a parade for its residents so family could see they were OK. The parade of residents, some using wheelchairs and walkers, wound around the Emmanuel Baptist Church, as family members in a caravan of vehicles drove up the driveway at a safe distance, sharing messages and showing their love.
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