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These cases brought Illinois's total number of cases to 19. [28] On March 11, six new cases of the coronavirus were reported by officials, including the first in Lake County, bringing the total to 25. [29] One of these cases was located at One Prudential Plaza, marking the first confirmed case in a major downtown Chicago office building. [30]
A man who had returned from Wuhan was hospitalized for the virus in Washington state on January 21, 2020. He was released after two weeks of treatment. A few days later, another case was reported in Chicago, by a woman who had also just returned from Wuhan. [28] A third case was confirmed a day later in Orange County, California. [29]
The United States confirmed its sixth case, the spouse of another patient in Chicago. [314] This is the first confirmed case of human-to-human transmission within the United States. Azar, Redfield, and Anthony S. Fauci agreed that a ban on travel from the epidemic's center could buy some time to put into place prevention and testing measures.
On January 5, a confirmed case of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom was reported in Georgia. The patient is an 18-year-old male with no travel history. [5] Also on January 5, the U.S. passed 21 million cases, just four days after passing 20 million cases. [6]
The first cases of the COVID-19 pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in North America were reported in the United States on 23 January 2020. Cases were reported in all North American countries after Saint Kitts and Nevis confirmed a case on 25 March, and in all North American territories after Bonaire confirmed a case on 16 April. [2]
At the beginning of the pandemic to early June 2020, Democratic-led states had higher case rates than Republican-led states, while in the second half of 2020, Republican-led states saw higher case and death rates than states led by Democrats. As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}.
108 countries and territories with more cases than mainland China. North Korea was the most recent country to overtake China in terms of the number of cases while Hong Kong was the most recent territory. 223 countries and territories with at least 100 cases. In some of those countries, it took 20 days to reach 100.
However, on 12 May 2013, a case of human-to-human transmission in France was confirmed by the French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. [113] In addition, cases of human-to-human transmission were reported by the Ministry of Health in Tunisia. Two confirmed cases involved people who seemed to have caught the disease from their late father ...