Boone County Watchdog: 03/24/20

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

March 24: 1,535 COVID cases in Illinois

ILLINOIS

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Daily COVID-19 Press Conferences

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Illinois Test Results

Positive (Confirmed)

1,535 (1285 3/23/2019)

Deaths

16 (12 3-23-2020)

Total Persons Tested*

11,485 (9868 3-23-2020)

*Total # of persons reported electronically for testing of COVID-19 at IDPH, commercial or hospital laboratories.
All numbers displayed are provisional and subject to change.
Information regarding the number of persons under investigation updated on March 24, 2020.
Information to be updated Daily.

COVID-19 Illinois Positive Cases

Above is from: http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-a-z-list/coronavirus

Cases in U.S.

Updated March 24, 2020

This page will be updated regularly at noon Mondays through Fridays. Numbers close out at 4 p.m. the day before reporting.

CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The outbreak first started in Wuhan, China, but cases have been identified in a growing number of other locations internationally, including the United States. In addition to CDC, many public health laboratories are now testing for the virus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance*

Total cases: 44,183 (33,404 3/23/2020)
Total deaths: 544 (400 3/23/2020)
Jurisdictions reporting cases: 54 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands)

^* Data include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported to CDC or tested at CDC since January 21, 2020, with the exception of testing results for persons repatriated to the United States from Wuhan, China and Japan. State and local public health departments are now testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of a discrepancy between CDC cases and cases reported by state and local public health officials, data reported by states should be considered the most up to date.

Cases of COVID-19 Reported in the US, by Source of Exposure*†

Cases of COVID-19 Reported in the US, by Source of Exposure

Travel-related
479

Close contact
569

Under investigation
43,135

Total cases
44,183

† CDC is no longer reporting the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) that have been tested, as well as PUIs that have tested negative. Now that states are testing and reporting their own results, CDC’s numbers are not representative of all testing being done nationwide.

Other States COVID 19

Compare with Illinois

Illinois COVID Cases

Daily COVID-19 Press Conferences

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Illinois Test Results

Positive (Confirmed)

1285 (1049 3-22-2020)

Deaths

12 ( 9 3-22-2020)

Total Persons Tested*

9868 (8374 3-22-2020)

Wisconsin COVID-19 Test Results

Test Results
Number of People as of 3/23/2020

Negative
7050

Positive
416

Deaths

5

Above is from: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/outbreaks/index.htm

FOR World Health Organization’s numbers GO TO: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200323-sitrep-63-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=b617302d_2

NY receives very little from federal government

Cuomo says NY needs 30,000 ventilators, pleads with feds for help

BY JESSIE HELLMANN - 03/24/20 12:01 PM EDT 0

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) begged the Trump administration on Tuesday for more ventilators, warning that the peak of the coronavirus could hit the state in 14 days.
Cuomo said the state needs at least 30,000 of the breathing machines to care for the influx of coronavirus patients that is expected to hit New York in two weeks. So far, the state has procured 7,000, but has only received 400 from the federal government.
“There is no other way for us to get these ventilators,” Cuomo said at a press conference Tuesday.

“We’ve tried everything else. The only way we can obtain these ventilators is from the federal government. Period.”
Ventilators are in short supply in the U.S. and all around the world as the coronavirus pandemic rages on.
Cuomo said the state needs more ventilators immediately as it prepares for the peak of the coronavirus to hit in two to three weeks, earlier than initial projections had estimated. The virus is spreading quickly in New York, Cuomo said, with the case count doubling every three days. There are 25,000 cases in New York, making up 7 percent of the world's infections.

Cuomo and other governors have pleaded with the Trump administration for more ventilators from the national stockpile of medical supplies. There are about 12,700 ventilators in that stockpile, but Cuomo said the administration has only sent 400 to New York.

“What am I going to do with 400 ventilators when I need 30,000?” Cuomo said.
“You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die because you only sent 400 ventilators.”
Cuomo also urged President Trump to use the Defense Production Act to force manufacturers to make more ventilators.
President Trump tweeted Tuesday that he hasn’t used the DPA because “no one has said NO!” to manufacturing equipment. But Cuomo argued businesses need start-up capital and contracts with the federal government to get ventilators out to states in such a short period of time.
“Volunteerism is nice. It is a beautiful thing… That is not going to get us there, and I do not for the life of me understand the reluctance to use the Defense Production Act,” Cuomo said.
“So you're asking a business to produce what is that sophisticated piece of electronic equipment a ventilator. And to do it in 14 days. That's an enormous undertaking. They can't do that on a voluntary basis,” Cuomo said, adding that they need money upfront from the government to hire workers and buy equipment.

Above is from: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/489214-cuomo-says-ny-needs-30000-ventilators-pleads-with-feds-for-help