COVID-19 Itasca Info. Briefing

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Itasca County Public Health:

COVID-19 Situational Update for March 19, 2020

Worldwide: The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020 due to cases have been detected in most countries worldwide and community spread is being detected in a growing number of countries. Pandemics happen when a new virus emerges to infect people and can spread between people sustainably. Because there is little to no pre-existing immunity against the new virus, it spreads worldwide.

As of yesterday March 18:

Nationally: Different parts of the country are seeing different levels of COVID-19 activity, however all states are experiencing increasing numbers.

U.S. COVID-19 cases include:

Imported cases in travelers

Cases among close contacts of a known case

Community-acquired cases where the source of the infection is unknown.

National statistics are updated by the CDC Mon-Friday. As of today:

Total cases: 10,442
Total deaths: 150
Jurisdictions reporting cases: 54 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands)
Community transmission is occurring in 23 states (including MN)

Minnesota: The MN Dept of Health is tracking stats of COVID-19. As of today:

3,038 people have been tested
89 positive cases have been identified in MN. No deaths have occurred in MN
Counties with cases: Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Ramsey, Renville, Rice, Scott, Stearns, Waseca, Washington, Wright
No cases have been identified in Itasca County
Community transmission has occurred in MN in 6 cases (list of counties unavailable at this time, but none in Itasca)
MN (along w/ the rest of the country) continues to be in the containment phase and has implemented mitigation strategies at the community level

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