Coronavirus

New diagnoses in several states pushed the tally of COVID-19 cases past 100, and New Hampshire reported its first case, raising the total of affected states to 11.

Facilities are required to report any suspected outbreaks to the local health department or the Department of State Health Services.

Almost nine times more novel coronavirus cases were reported outside China than inside it over the past 24 hours.

Mayor Ron Nirenberg issued the declaration Monday, March 2 after a person who initially tested negative for the virus was released on February 29 and later tested positive for COVID-19.

Washington state health officials announced 3 new virus deaths, bringing the death toll to 5 in the state and U.S.

Governor DeSantis said that Florida labs presumptively confirmed the diagnosis on Sunday but the CDC in Atlanta officially confirmed it on Monday afternoon.

Of the cruise passengers, several dozen people had tested positive for the coronavirus, and they are being cared for at Bay Area hospitals, Fox reported.

The CDC had mistakenly released a patient from the Texas Center for Infectious Disease whose test later came back positive for COVID-19.

The U.S. Surgeon General pleaded with the public over the weekend to stop buying masks, stating that they won’t protect the wearer from catching the virus and it makes mask scarce for medical professionals who actually need them.

The number of coronavirus cases around the world and the U.S continues to grow and while no one has tested positive for the virus here in Travis County there are increased concerns that it could all change especially as SXSW is about to begin.

There have been “significant decreases in nitrogen dioxide over China,” reports NASA as quarantines remain in place within the country.

The patient was part of the group that came back from Wuhan, China over two weeks ago via a State Department chartered flight. According to the CDC, the patient was asymptomatic and had met all of the CDC's criteria for release.