Tulane Outbreak Daily | March 16, 2020

WHO Dashboard for Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
Link to Johns Hopkins CSSE Live Mapping of COVID-19

Surveillance Headlines

Editor’s note: Regarding the case counts below, please consider due to limited testing capabilities, the real number of cases could be considerably higher.

USA

• Links to individual U.S. State Health Departments
• Wisconsin: 34 people test positive for COVID-19 First Alert News
• North Carolina: 33 cases test positive – Citizen Times
• Indiana: 5 new cases, bringing total to 20 – WDRB
• Florida: 149 positive COVID-19 cases in Florida: Department of Health – Fox 13 News
• Kansas: Nine new cases reported – KWCH 12
• Colorado: 30 new cases reported – Chanel 4 News
• Illinois: 93 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in 13 counties – Chanel 13 News
• Georgia: COVID-19 cases jump to 99 – WRBL
• Virginia: Number of COVID-19 cases in Virginia rises to 45 – WHSV News
• Kentucky: Up to 21 cases of COVID-19; one patient not expected to survive – Lex 18 News
• Michigan: coronavirus (COVID-19) cases hit 53, including first child – Detroit news
• Maryland: two faculty members at private Md. school test positive – Washington Post

Europe

• Links to individual European Country MOH websites
• Italy: Sees biggest 1-day jump – CIDRAP Italy today reported its biggest 1-day jump, with 3,590 new cases and 368 more deaths, raising its respective totals to 24,747 and 1,809, according to the health ministry’s latest update.
• Spain:  The death count jumped from 86 to 213 today – CIDRAP Cases rising by 2,000 to 7,753, according to El Pais, which also reported that the government has deployed the military to patrol affected areas and ordered the military pharmacy to increase disinfectant production.
• France: Total climbed to 5,400 cases – CIDRAP 120 of them fatal, Le Monde reported  – CIDRAP
• UK: United Kingdom’s totals are now at 1,372 cases, 35 of them fatal – CIDRAP

Middle East

• Iran:  Iran’s health ministry today reported 1,209 cases, along with 133 more deaths, boosting its respective totals to 13,938 cases and 724 deaths. – CIDRAP
• WHO lauds Iran’s anti-coronavirus fight as death toll surges past 600 – Xinhua

Asia

• South Korea MOH Updates
• Malaysia: Reported 190 new cases  – CIDRAP Most new cases related to a religious event at a mosque outside of Kuala Lumpur that drew about 10,000 people from several countries, the South China Morning Post reported. Malaysia saw an earlier wave of infections shortly after the virus struck China, but activity is increasing again, with 428 cases now reported.
• South Korea: The updates on COVID-19 in Korea as of 16 March
• Indonesia confirms 17 new cases of coronavirus, bringi total to 134 – AA news

Africa

• Kenya, Ethiopia join expanding list of African states with coronavirus – National Post
• Somalia, Tanzania confirm first coronavirus cases – Al Jezeera
• Liberia reports first coronavirus case – Reuters

Official Reporting

World Health Organization (WHO)

• WHO SITREP #55 MAR 15

Globally:  153,517 confirmed (10,982 new) 5735 deaths (343 new)
China: 81,048 confirmed (27 new) 3,204 deaths (10 new)
Outside of China: 72,469 confirmed (10 955) 2531 deaths (333 new) 143 countries/territories/ areas (09 new)

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

COVID-19: Confirmed Cases in the United States as of March 13, 2020 (latest available)
Total cases: 1,629 Total deaths: 41
Jurisdictions reporting cases: 47 (46 states and District of Columbia)