Glenn gives the latest coronavirus numbers, updating YOU on everything needed to know as Americans and officials monitor China's new COVID-19 virus:
- Total Confirmed Cases 89,842 (up 5,964 from 83,878 on Friday Feb 28th)
- Total Confirmed Dead 3,069 (up 255 from 2,814 on Friday)
- 70 Countries Have Confirmed Cases (up by 10 from 57 Confirmed on Friday - That is more than 1/3 of the countries on earth
- 18% of Active Cases are considered Serious (Requiring Hospitalization) including 5% that Require ICU treatment
- US has 88 Confirmed Cases, and now 2 Deaths (both Washington State)
- CDC Website now showing 472 Total US Citizens Have BeenTested, up from 445 last Friday, Feb 28th
- 54 Labs Now Have Testing Capabilities & CDC has certified 12 regional hospitals to perform their own direct testing as of this week
COVID-19 Compared to Seasonal Flu (or why Governments are taking such aggressive action)
| COVID-19 vs Flu | ||
| Common Seasonal Flu* | COVID-19 | |
| Case Fatality Rate | 0.1% | 2.30%* |
| 0.9% | 18% |
| Requiring ICU Rate (SARS/Septic Shock/Organ Failure) | 0.25% | 5% |
| R0 (R-Naught)/Rate of Infection | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| Spreads via Droplets | Yes | Yes |
| Spreads via Aerosols | Yes | Yes |
| Time Virus Survives on Surfaces | 4-5 hours | 5-9 Days |
| Incubation Period | 2-3 Days | 5-14 Days |
| Spreads During Incubation Period | No | Yes |
| Spreads Asymptomatically | No | Yes |
| Natural Herd Immunity | Yes | No |
| Vaccines/Antiviral Drugs Available | Yes | No |
| Fecal-Oral Transmission | No | Yes |
| Reinfection Risk | No | Yes |
| 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |
| Projections Based on Current Data | Seasonal Flu | COVID-19 |
| Hospitalizations per 1 Million Infections | 9,000 | 180,000 |
| ICUs per 1 Million Infections | 2,500 | 50,000 |
| Fatalities per 1 Million Infections | 1,000 | 23,000 |
* Case Fatality Rate expected to be lower outside China (but note current Case Fatality Rate in the US is 2.5%)
School Closures Globally:
- China (nearly 80 Million students) through March 31)
- Japan through April 17th
- Korea through March 23rd
- Iran through March 31st
- Italy indefinitely (note date provided)