- Eighty-seven people in the US have died from the coronavirus.
- The US has reported over 4,600 coronavirus cases across 49 states and Washington, DC. COVID-19 has also spread to Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
- The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic on March 11.
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The US has reported 74 deaths from the coronavirus as of Monday, March 16.
Deaths per state:
Washington: 48
New York: 10
California: 7
Florida: 5
New Jersey: 3
Louisiana: 3
Virginia: 2
Nevada: 1
Kansas: 1
South Dakota: 1
Georgia: 1
Colorado: 1
Oregon: 1
Kentucky: 1
South Carolina: 1
Indiana: 1
The country's case tally is over 4,600 with patients reported in at least 49 states and Washington, DC. The illness has also spread to Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic on March 11, and on March 13, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the pandemic.
Trump has enforced a 30-day travel ban for people traveling from Europe, but US citizens, permanent residents and some of their immediate family will be exempt.
Because county- and state-level health authorities are reporting the latest case counts before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does, Business Insider is tallying those local reports and updating this story live to give a comprehensive picture of where — and to what degree — the coronavirus is spreading in the US.
The virus, which originated in Wuhan, China, in December, causes a respiratory disease known as COVID-19. Over 7,000 people have died and over 180,000 others have been infected, many of whom were in China. Cases have been recorded in more than 110 countries.
For the latest global case totals, death tolls, and travel information, see Business Insider's live updates here.
Here's everything we know about the coronavirus in the US — in the list below, states are ordered by their number of cases.
Note: This post was last updated at 9:30 p.m. ET on Monday, March 16.
87 people have died from the coronavirus on US soil.
Washington has reported 48 deaths. The first — a man in his 50s who had chronic underlying health issues — was reported February 29 at EvergreenHealth, a hospital in Kings County, Washington. Two of the Washington patients died February 26, but their diagnoses were confirmed posthumously on March 10, making them the earliest known coronavirus fatalities in the US.
California's seven deaths included a woman in her 60s in Santa Clara County, a woman who was treated at Kaiser Permanente in Placer County, and a woman in her 90s from Sacramento County.
Florida's five were in Lee County, Santa Rosa County, and Orange County.
New Jersey announced its first death on Tuesday, March 10: a man in his 60s.
South Dakota also confirmed its first death on March 10, a man in his 60s, though the exact cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
Georgia and Kansas both recorded their first death on Thursday, March 12, and Colorado announced its first death on Friday, March 13, in El Paso County.
Ten people have died in New York as of March 16.
One person who died in California was likely exposed to the coronavirus on the Grand Princess cruise ship. That passenger had disembarked, but at least 21 people who were on board in early March tested positive.
The ship has unloaded passengers at the Port of Oakland. Sixty-two people on board had been on the last voyage with the person who died in California.
Two passengers and 19 crew members have tested positive, but it is still unclear how many of those people are from the US, so they do not yet factor into the country's total number of cases.
The healthy US passengers will be quarantined for 14 days at military bases in California, Texas, or Georgia. Crew members — including some who tested positive — are staying on the ship.
New York has reported 968 cases. Over 120 of those are linked to a male attorney from Westchester.
The state's first case was a 39-year-old Manhattan healthcare worker who had recently traveled to Iran.
The second case was a 50-year-old male attorney from Westchester who works in Manhattan. Business Insider confirmed the identity of the patient, a married father of four.
The man's wife, 14-year-old daughter, and 22-year-old son were all diagnosed with the virus, along with his rabbi, neighbor, friend, that friend's wife, and three of their four children. In total, the man has been linked to around 54 cases. Westchester County has 158 COVID-19 patients.
On March 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo enforced a one-mile "containment area" around New Rochelle, which is believed to be the epicenter of the state's outbreak.
New York City (all five boroughs) has reported cases, as have the counties of Albany, Broome, Delaware, Dutchess, Herkimer, Monroe, Nassau, Orange, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Suffolk, and Ulster.
State officials declared a state of emergency on March 8.
"My guess is there are thousands and thousands of cases walking around the state of New York," Cuomo said on Friday.
Washington has confirmed 904 cases of the virus and 48 deaths. More than 50 residents of a nursing facility in King County have tested positive.
Nineteen of the Washington deaths are linked to the long-term care facility Life Care Center.
Most of the cases in Washington have occurred in King and Snohomish counties.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency on February 29. On March 11, he banned gatherings of more than 250 people.
California has confirmed 557 cases and seven deaths.
Of the state's cases, many are in Santa Clara and Los Angeles County. In Los Angeles County, two medical professionals who screened passengers at Los Angeles International Airport.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed its first coronavirus-related death on Wednesday — a woman over 60 with underlying health issues. There was also a new case in Pasadena.
Santa Clara County has reported two deaths, while San Mateo, Placer, and Sacramento counties have confirmed one death each.
California declared a state of emergency on March 4.
The other cases in California were either passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Japan or evacuees from Wuhan.
In total, the US coronavirus case count includes 46 cases among passengers who had been on the Diamond Princess.
Japanese authorities imposed a 14-day quarantine on that cruise ship last month after a person tested positive for the coronavirus, but at least 700 people wound up with COVID-19.
More than 300 Americans who were on the ship were flown back to the US. On the evacuation flight, 14 citizens who had tested positive for the virus flew in an isolation box, while others who'd been on the ship sat in a separate area. More than 30 others got sick.
The infected passengers from the cruise ship were taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska and to the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. Passengers who tested negative were quarantined at two US military bases: the Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, and the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Most have been released.
Three evacuees from Wuhan also tested positive for the coronavirus.
Massachusetts has reported 164 coronavirus cases.
The first case, a man in his 20s who lives in Boston, had recently returned from Wuhan. Massachusetts confirmed that case on February 1.
Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after the number of COVID-19 cases surged from 42 to 92.
Florida health officials have confirmed 160 cases and five deaths.
The first patient was a man in his 60s in Manatee County.
Two others who are not Florida residents were confirmed to have contracted the virus. The majority of the cases were travel-related.
Colorado has confirmed 160 cases and one death.
Colorado's Department of Public Health reported 10 new presumptive positive cases on March 11, three of whom are in Aspen in Pitkin County but are visiting from Australia. One of these people is a woman in her 20s. Other patients range from their 40s to 80s.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, urging the federal government to increase states' ability to test people for COVID-19.
"We're acting quickly and decisively because the quicker we can respond, the quicker we can protect the most vulnerable," Polis said, according to an ABC affiliate in Denver.
Health officials also announced that the state is opening a drive-up testing center to help screen people presenting coronavirus symptoms.
Health officials in Georgia have reported 121 cases and one death.
A daycare teacher tested positive for coronavirus in Cobb County on March 9.
"Many of these cases have no connection to travel and the capacity of our healthcare system remains at the forefront of my mind," Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday. He also announced a public health emergency, according to local TV station, WJXT.
New Jersey has reported 179 cases and two deaths.
Gov. Phil Murphy and Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver announced New Jersey's first COVID-19 death on Tuesday. The man was a Bergen County resident in his 60s.
"Our prayers are with the family during this difficult time," Murphy and Oliver said in a statement. "We remain vigilant to doing all we can — across all levels of government — to protect the people of New Jersey."
The second victim was a religious education teacher in her 50s from Freehold, the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine announced on Facebook.
Murphy announced the state's first coronavirus case — a man in his 30s who was hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center in Bergen County — on March 4. The man is a healthcare worker who lives in Manhattan but has an apartment in Fort Lee.
Louisiana has reported 136 cases and three deaths.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on March 9 announced the state's first presumptive positive case, a Jefferson Parish resident.
"At this point in our investigation, we believe the first presumptive positive" case is "not travel-related and was community-acquired," Dr. Alex Billioux, assistant secretary of the Office of Public Health, said.
Illinois has confirmed 105 cases.
The first Chicago case, a woman in her 60s, traveled to Wuhan in December to care for her elderly father. She returned to Chicago on January 13, then infected her husband.
The third and fourth cases — a husband and wife in their 70s — were reported on March 2.
A Chicago man in his 60s was the first patient in the area without a history of traveling to a place with an outbreak or contact with another COVID-19 patient.
Texas has reported 90 coronavirus cases.
Ford Bend County is now considered the epicenter of the state's coronavirus outbreak. It's where the first case was confirmed and where five more cropped up soon after, the Texas Tribune reported.
Cases in Fort Bend and Harris counties are connected to a cruise along the Nile River in Egypt.
Previously, an evacuee from Wuhan who had been quarantined in isolation at a medical facility in San Antonio was briefly released from isolation then re-admitted hours later after one of their tests was "determined to be weakly positive." The patient's first two tests had come back negative, which prompted the CDC to release them. After the third test's positive results, CDC officials retrieved the patient and placed them back into medical isolation.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg called the incident "unacceptable."
Pennsylvania has confirmed 79 cases.
At least 30 of the cases are in Montgomery County, just outside Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania hospitals are rationing the use of protective gear, including N95 respirators, eye masks, and gowns, out of fear that a surge in coronavirus cases could deplete reserves, according to PennLive.com.
Michigan has 54 cases.
Michigan announced its first two positive coronavirus cases on March 10.
Michigan's two confirmed cases include a woman from Oakland County who had recently traveled internationally and a man from Wayne County who recently traveled domestically.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in response.
Virginia confirmed 52 cases and two deaths.
The Virginia Department of Health said the state's cases include an Arlington resident in their 60s, a Fairfax resident in their 80s, and a marine living on the Quantico marine corps base. The cases are not believed to be related.
A couple that went on a Nile River cruise in Egypt also tested positive for the virus as did someone who went to Christ Church, in Washington, DC, where the reverend was infected.
Oregon has reported 47 cases and one death.
The first patient is an adult in Washington County who tested positive for the virus at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center. Officials said the patient worked at the Forest Hills Elementary School in Clackamas County and appeared to have acquired the virus through community spread.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency on Monday.
Tennessee has 52 cases.
The state's first case was a 44-year-old man who had traveled out of state. He was diagnosed in Williamson County, part of the Nashville metropolitan area.
The county temporarily closed its schools for disinfection.
A patient being treated in Memphis prompted officials to put more than 70 others in quarantine, according to WMC-TV. The people in isolation include an employee of the Shelby County School District, a University of Tennessee faculty member, and two students from Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Ohio has 50 cases.
Governor Mike DeWine announced three positive cases in Cuyahoga County on March 9.
Two among them were two people who had recently been on a cruise in Egypt, while the third was at an AIPAC conference in Washington, DC.
Minnesota has 54 cases. One patient recently traveled on a cruise ship.
Health officials reported the first case on March 6. The patient, a Ramsey County resident, developed symptoms on February 25 after going on a cruise. The person is being isolated at home.
The Minnesota Department of Health said the second patient was likely exposed to the virus on a trip to Europe in late February.
On Tuesday, March 10, health officials announced a third case: an Anoka County resident in their 30s who likely contracted the virus after coming into contact with international travelers.
Wisconsin has reported 48 cases of COVID-19.
Wisconsin's first case was a patient with a history of travel in Beijing. The patient tested positive on February 5 and was released from isolation on February 28.
State officials confirmed the second and third patients on Monday and Tuesday.
Maryland has confirmed 42 cases.
Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency on March 5.
Thirty-nine coronavirus cases have been confirmed in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed five cases that attended a BioGen conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
The first patient has been isolated in their Wake County home. North Carolina officials said the person contracted the virus after visiting the epicenter of Washington state's outbreak, the Life Care Center in the Seattle area.
The second patient tested positive after traveling to Italy in late February.
Officials declared a state of emergency on March 9.
Thirty-three cases have been reported in South Carolina, including one death.
State officials announced three new cases on March 9.
Utah has reported 39 COVID-19 cases.
The first patient was a Davis County man in his 60s who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 6. Officials say he likely became infected while on the Grand Princess cruise. (His voyage predated the most recent cruise that ended in Oakland.)
The state's second case is a patient over 60 years old, Department of Health officials said on Tuesday, March 10. The person is hospitalized in "serious, but stable, condition." Doctors believe they picked up the virus while traveling outside Utah and the US.
Gov. Gary Herbert declared a state of emergency on March 6.
Nevada has reported 45 cases.
The first patient had recently traveled to Washington state and Texas. The second patient — a man from the Reno area — recently traveled on the Grand Princess cruise ship. He is being isolated at home.
Another, a man in his 30s, recently traveled to Santa Clara, California.
Connecticut has confirmed 41 cases.
Two healthcare employees who work in Connecticut but live in New York have also tested positive. Both patients — a Danbury Hospital employee and a doctor at Bridgeport Hospital — are counted in New York's total.
Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday prohibited Connecticut state employees from traveling on state business.
Indiana's 25 cases include a child from Hendricks County. There has been one death in the state.
The child's diagnosis prompted the closure of a local elementary school, Hickory Elementary School in Avon, until early April.
On March 6, Gov. Eric Holcomb declared a public-health emergency to ensure that Indiana receives federal funding.
Iowa has confirmed 23 cases, including at least 12 people who were recently on a cruise in Egypt.
Governor Kim Reynolds announced a state of emergency on March 10.
She also some three dozen residents of Iowa have been connected to cruise ships that were affected by the coronavirus outbreak. These people have been asked to self-quarantine, according to Des Moines Register.
"The reality is COVID-19 is now here, and we can expect the number of tests and the number of positive cases will continue to increase in the days to come," Reynolds said.
Arkansas has confirmed 22 coronavirus cases.
As cases jumped from one to six, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday that his administration has ordered public schools in four counties to shut down temporarily, according to the US News and World Report.
Five of the patients are being isolated in their homes.
Alabama has 29 cases.
Gov. Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency on Friday, and K-12 schools are to close for two and a half weeks.
Kentucky has 21 cases and one death.
Five cases were confirmed in Harrison County. Two patients were also reported in Fayette County and another in Jefferson County.
"Folks, we're going to have more," Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on March 9. "That doesn't mean we're not ready, we are, and it doesn't mean that people should overly worry."
Rhode Island has 21 cases.
Two patients — a man in his 40s and a teenager — had recently traveled to Italy, France, and Spain, according to state officials.
A woman in her 60s who had direct contact with a COVID-19 patient in New York was also infected.
Nebraska has reported 18 cases of coronavirus.
The state's most recent confirmed coronavirus case is a 16-year-old high school student with pre-existing medical conditions, according to NBC affiliate, WOWT. He is reportedly in serious condition.
Of the state's cases, nine are in Douglas County, officials say.
Officials in Washington, DC, have reported 22 cases.
A reverend at Christ Church in Georgetown became the first person in the nation's capital to test positive for coronavirus. Officials have since urged hundreds of churchgoers to self-quarantine to help control the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press briefing that the patient, a man in his 50s whose symptoms began in late February, had no history of international travel.
He wasn't admitted to a DC hospital until March 5.
Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a state of emergency on Wednesday.
New Mexico has 21 confirmed cases.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a public-health emergency on Thursday, saying, "this is a very highly infectious virus," the Albuquerque Journal reported.
Arizona has confirmed 18 cases, including a member of the Arizona State University community.
The Arizona Department of Health Services said the state's total includes four presumptive positive cases.
The state's first confirmed patient had recently traveled to the US from Wuhan. Health officials said he belonged to the Arizona State community, but did not live in university housing.
One female healthcare worker in her 40s passed the virus to two family members.
New Hampshire has reported 17 cases. The first patient was told to self-isolate but attended an event at Dartmouth business school.
The first patient is an employee at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The patient recently traveled to Italy and was told to isolate after testing positive for the virus. But on Friday, the patient attended a private event at Dartmouth's business school.
The event had around 175 to 200 attendees, NBC reported. Those who came in close contact with the patient are being asked to stay home for two weeks.
Vermont has reported 12 cases.
Vermont lawmakers on March 12 passed a telehealth bill, according to CBS affiliate, WCAX. The goal is to help people who live in rural areas to connect with doctors from their homes.
Maine's case count climbed to 17.
Maine's first presumptive positive case was reported on March 12. The patient is a Navy Reservist in her 50s who just returned from a trip to Italy and is now self-isolating at home, the Portland Press Herald said.
Mississippi has 12 cases.
On Friday, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced that there were five more cases in addition to their initial case.
Kansas has confirmed 11 cases of coronavirus and one death.
The state's first case was a Johnson County woman under 50.
On March 12, Kansas reported its first COVID-19 related death. The patient was a man his 70s, who had been in a long-term care facility, had underlying health conditions, and was receiving cardiac treatment, Gov. Laura Kelly said, according to CBS affiliate, KCTV. Tests conducted after he died revealed that he had contracted the illness.
South Dakota has ten coronavirus cases. It confirmed its first death on March 10.
Gov. Kristi Noem said five of the cases were "travel-related."
South Dakota's first death occurred in Pennington County. The patient was a man in his 60s who had preexisting health conditions. His exact cause of death has not yet been confirmed by officials.
Oklahoma has reported 10 COVID-19 patients.
The state's first confirmed case is a Tulsa County resident who traveled to Italy recently, officials said on March 6. The man, who is in his 50s, is isolated at home alongside his family, per local reports.
Hawaii has reported eight cases, including a passenger on the Grand Princess cruise ship.
Governor David Ige announced on March 6 that a Hawaii resident on the ship had tested positive.
On March 8, the state health department said an elderly man from Oahu tested positive as well. The man had recently returned from Washington state.
Delaware has eight COVID-19 cases.
Four positive cases of coronavirus were confirmed on March 12 at the University of Delaware , WHYY reported.
Gov. John Carney also declared a state of emergency and directed the state's National Guard "to take precautionary and responsive actions to assist with Delaware's response,'' his office said in a statement.
Montana has seven cases.
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock declared a state of emergency on Thursday.
Missouri's coronavirus case count is eight.
Both of Missouri's patients picked up the coronavirus during recent travels, CBS affiliate KMOV reported.
Gov. Mike Parson confirmed the second case on Thursday, saying that the patient is in their early 20s and had just been in Austria. Presenting mild symptoms, they are quarantined at home and are expected to make a full recovery, KMOV said.
News of the second case prompted Parson to cancel events across Missouri in an effort to prevent the virus from affecting more residents.
Idaho has reported five cases.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little declared a state of emergency on March 13 due to the coronavirus.
Puerto Rico has five COVID-19 cases.
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez announced a curfew — from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. — through the end of March. Starting Sunday, only supermarkets, pharmacies, banks and gas stations will be allowed to remain open. All other businesses are being temporarily shuttered in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus, NBC Miami reported.
Wyoming has three cases.
The older male patient from Fremont County has been hospitalized, local news station GWN-TV reported.
Guam has three cases.
Two of Guam's coronavirus patients traveled there from Manila, Phillippines, the Pacific Daily News reported.
Some states and US territories have only reported one case so far.
North Dakota, Alaska, and the US Virgin Islands have each reported one coronavirus patient.
In total, the US government has evacuated around 800 Americans from Wuhan, China.
They've all been quarantined at US military bases, and many have been released.
COVID-19 is marked by symptoms like fever, coughing, and difficulty breathing.
The coronavirus family is a large group of viruses that typically affect the respiratory tract. Coronaviruses can lead to illnesses such as the common cold, pneumonia, and SARS. A recent study from the Chinese Center for Disease Control found that around 80% of coronavirus cases in China have been mild.
The CDC recommends that all travelers frequently wash their hands with soap and water and scrub for at least 20 seconds. They should refrain from touching their eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.
Aylin Woodward, Lauren Frias, Sarah Al-Arshani, and Morgan McFall-Johnsen contributed reporting for this story.
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