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Coronavirus Covid-19 news, updates and alerts for 02/12/2020

Episode Summary

This is Coronavirus 4-1-1. The latest official Coronavirus info for Wednesday February 12th, 2020. The World Health Organization has officially named the disease COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease 2019”. The New York Times notes the death toll at 1,113 with a total number of cases at 44,653. Tuesday’s reported daily infections in China represented the lowest number reported since January 30th. However, cases continue to grow on a cruise ship docked outside of Yokohama, Japan NBC News reports. There are 174 cases on board, which makes the ship the largest cluster of the virus outside of mainland China. CNN notes good news for the first group of U.S. citizens to enter quarantine in late January upon return from Wuhan, as all 195 have been cleared and released.

Episode Notes

 

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This is Coronavirus 4-1-1.  The latest official Coronavirus info for Wednesday February 12th, 2020.  The World Health Organization has officially named the disease COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease 2019”.  The New York Times notes the death toll at 1,113 with a total number of cases at 44,653.Tuesday’s reported daily infections in China represented the lowest number reported since January 30th.However, cases continue to grow on a cruise ship docked outside of Yokohama, Japan NBC News reports.  There are 174 cases on board, which makes the ship the largest cluster of the virus outside of mainland China.  CNN notes good news for the first group of U.S. citizens to enter quarantine in late January upon return from Wuhan, as all 195 have been cleared and released.

The locations of U.S. diagnoses in a moment.

There are 13 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the U.S.  locations are as follows: Arizona:  1 in Maricopa County  California:2 in San Benito County, 2 in Santa Clara County, 1 in San Diego County, 1 in Los Angeles County 1 in Orange County.Illinois:  2 in Cook County   Massachusetts: 1 in Suffolk County      Washington State:  1 in Snohomish County   Wisconsin:1 in Dane County 

Another Coronavirus 411 update daily or as news breaks.Find the latest information at C-D-C dot GOV-slash-Coronavirus or ask your smart speaker for “The Coronavirus 4-1-1 Podcast”.

 

Episode Transcription

 

021220


This is Coronavirus 4-1-1.  The latest official Coronavirus info for Wednesday February 12th, 2020.  The World Health Organization has officially named the disease COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease 2019”.  The New York Times notes the death toll at 1,113 with a total number of cases at 44,653.Tuesday’s reported daily infections in China represented the lowest number reported since January 30th.However, cases continue to grow on a cruise ship docked outside of Yokohama, Japan NBC News reports.  There are 174 cases on board, which makes the ship the largest cluster of the virus outside of mainland China.  CNN notes good news for the first group of U.S. citizens to enter quarantine in late January upon return from Wuhan, as all 195 have been cleared and released.

The locations of U.S. diagnoses in a moment.

There are 13 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the U.S.  locations are as follows: Arizona:  1 in Maricopa County  California:2 in San Benito County, 2 in Santa Clara County, 1 in San Diego County, 1 in Los Angeles County 1 in Orange County.Illinois:  2 in Cook County   Massachusetts: 1 in Suffolk County      Washington State:  1 in Snohomish County   Wisconsin:1 in Dane County 

Another Coronavirus 411 update daily or as news breaks.Find the latest information at C-D-C dot GOV-slash-Coronavirus or ask your smart speaker for “The Coronavirus 4-1-1 Podcast”.