Topline: A ninth person has died from coronavirus in
the U.S., according to CNN, with all of the fatalities occurring in Washington
State, as over 100 cases on American soil have been confirmed and the Centers
for Disease Control says the country might be seeing “the beginning of what is
happening abroad."
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The ninth death
occurred in Washington’s King County, which includes Seattle, and where seven
other patients have died from the virus.
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According to ABC News, the patient was a woman in her 80’s,
and she died at home.
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It was reported
earlier on Tuesday that the Trump administration is considering reimbursing
uninsured patients or providers treating the uninsured using an emergency
measure.
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President Trump said
Tuesday he is considering putting more travel restrictions in place to control
the disease’s spread, saying “We're watching Italy
very closely, South Korea very closely, even Japan very closely,
and we’ll make the right determination at the right time."
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As of Tuesday, the CDC
reported 118 coronavirus cases across 15 U.S. states, with 70 confirmed by
local healthcare providers, 48 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and 3 who
were repatriated from Wuhan, China.
Crucial quote: “What is happening now in the United States
may be the beginning of what is happening abroad,” Nancy Messonnier, an
infectious diseases director for the CDC, told reporters Tuesday. “We will
continue to maintain, for as long as is practical, an aggressive national
posture of containment.”
Big number: Over 70. That’s how many countries the coronavirus,
officially named Covid-19, has spread to since December 2019.
Key background: The coronavirus outbreak continues to
spread across the United States, but as of Tuesday, all fatalities have
occurred in Washington State. As of Monday afternoon, 96 U.S. cases were
confirmed, meaning Tuesday’s jump to 118 is a 22% increase. The first
coronavirus patient to die in the U.S. occurred in Washington State on
Saturday. Although the number of reported cases in China has slowed, Italy and
South Korea have been reporting larger increases in cases, according to
the Washington Post.
Globally, over 90,000 people have been infected and over 3,000 people have died
from the disease.
What we don’t know: How long coronavirus could have been
spreading within the U.S. Genetic analysis of the virus in Washington State
revealed that the disease could have been spreading for at least six weeks
before the area’s first case was confirmed, according to the New
York Times.
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