Update as of 1:15 pm ET:
World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
CNBC: World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
Update as of 9:45 am ET:
The U.S. has surpassed 1,000 cases of COVID-19. Currently, there are 1016 confirmed cases and 31 deaths–24 in Washington state, three in California, two in Florida, one in New Jersey, and one with no reported location as of yet.
Death rate by age From Worldometers.com
Resources:
- QUICK FACTS AND INTERESTING TIDBITS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS 2019 AND COVID-19
- Johns Hopkins Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases Tracker
- Bloomberg’s Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak Across the World
- Worldometer for current U.S. case and death count
- CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) page
- WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak page
- NBC News live updates