Glenn gives the latest coronavirus numbers, updating YOU on everything needed to know as Americans and officials monitor China's new COVID-19 virus:
Daily Stats as of 5:30 AM CT
- Total Confirmed Cases 92,275 (up from 89,842 yesterday)
- Total Confirmed Dead 3,130 (up from 3,069 yesterday)
- 77 Countries Have Confirmed Cases (up from 70 yesterday)
- 18% of Active Cases are considered Serious (Requiring Hospitalization) including 5% that Require ICU treatment
- US has 103 Confirmed Cases, and now 6 Deaths (all in Washington State)
- CDC Website no longer directly reporting total # of US Citizens tested since regional hospitals can now directly test
China Announces Travel Bans - From Korea, Japan Italy
- China has announced that inbound travel from Italy, Japan, and Korea will be restricted.
- Inbound passengers will be screened and subject to up to 14-day Quarantine
US Oral Swab Tests Considered 98% Accurate
- Chinese Oral/Nasal Swab Tests Had a 30% False Negative Rate
- Early study on US-based Swab Tests Showing 98.9% Accuracy in Detection Rate for COVID-19
- CDC Expects Hundreds of tests to be Administered in the US Today, Thousands by End of Week
US School Closures Possible
- Local or Regional School Closures Are On The Table, says Dr Anthony Fauci https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/director
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID Director | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesDr. Fauci was appointed Director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis and malaria as well as emerging diseases such as Ebola and Zika.www.niaid.nih.gov - "We're Past Containment Phase", moving into Mitigation Phase, which means Social Distancing, Working from Home, and Possible School Closures
- Every country with a major outbreak has closed public schools, including China, Japan, Korea, Iran and Italy
- IF the US experiences higher levels of outbreak, US should prepapre for schools to be closed and other large public gatherings to be canceled
Can we stop saying Trump is failing at this? Obama didn't release a billion dollars for the Swine Flu until over 1000 people died and 12469 died in US from the swine flu. Trump has released EXTRA funds, $2.5 billion worth before a single US death was reported. Former Obama FEMA chief of staff says he's glad Trump is "finally" taking this seriously… really?