South Dakota reports first 5 cases of coronavirus, including 1 death
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NEW: U.S. Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) says he will self-quarantine after a friend tested positive for coronavirus; he does not have any symptoms
USA at 974 cases (worldometer), will join the ‘1K Club’ today.
Today is the 3rd highest “new cases” total since this began. Only the 13/14 Feb reports were higher when China changed their definitions. Italy, Iran, Spain, France and Germany top 5 increases.
Germany’s numbers are far better than any other country with a large number of cases, even SK. In general, Northern Europe is doing much better than Southern Europe.
Johns Hopkins made some politically correct updates to their country labels. Taiwan became “Taipei and environs”, and Iran became “Iran (Islamic Republic of)”.