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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNovel Coronavirus Cases Top 1,000 in the U.S.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/novel-coronavirus-cases-top-1000-in-the-us?ref=homeNovel Coronavirus Cases Top 1,000 in the U.S.
ITS EVERYWHERE
Barbie Latza Nadeau
Correspondent-At-Large
Published Mar. 11, 2020 5:20AM ET
As expected, the number of novel coronavirus cases is growing across the United States, surpassing the 1,000 mark overnight with new cases and deaths in South Dakota, and growing clusters in Massachusetts, where a state of emergency has been called, and in New York, where the entire community of New Rochelle has been deemed a containment area, now patrolled by the National Guard. The first U.S. case was reported in Washington State on Jan. 21. Since then, the virus has spread to nearly every state and contributed to the death of at least 31 people.
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Novel Coronavirus Cases Top 1,000 in the U.S. (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2020
OP
Pence says there is 4 million tests available. Local doctors say they can't get patients tested.
onecaliberal
Mar 2020
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onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)1. I suspect it is many times that number:
babylonsister
(171,066 posts)2. I tend to agree; I have no faith we're
being told the truth.
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)3. Pence says there is 4 million tests available. Local doctors say they can't get patients tested.
I believe the doctors. The county I live in is finally starting to cancel events. That should have happened at least a month ago. This is undoubtedly the worst possible moment in history for this to occur.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)4. They still aren't testing for it in the KCMO metro area
Maybe they've tested a handful of people but there's no way only 1 person here has it.