Coronavirus Update 3/23

Epidemiology

• Case counts as of time of writing (08:19 AM CDT)
  • Global
    • March 23 351,608 total/15,361 deaths
      • Growth rates @ 18-29 days post 100^th case
        • US 29% (day 20)
        • Spain 29% (day 21)
        • Germany 26% (day 22)
        • UK 23% (day 18)
        • Italy 20% (day 29)
    • March 20 254,682 total/10,442 deaths
    • March 12 129,185 total/4,749 deaths
  • US (end of day)
    • March 22 35,229 total/8330 new/472 deaths
    • March 19 14,334 total/4941 new/212 deaths (cum)
    • March 12 1321 total/267 new/41 deaths
  • US News
    • Furloughs and lay-offs beginning
    • $2 trillion Federal relief package being “worked on”
    • Multiple states implementing “stay at home” orders
    • March 22 The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel at this time due to the global impact of COVID-19. Even countries, jurisdictions, or areas where cases have not been reported may restrict travel without notice. 
    • New rapid diagnostic (Cepheid) approved. Runs on the popular Gene-Xpert system.
• Oklahoma
  • March 22 (Close of day) 67 total/2nd death (mid-50’s male)
  • March 19 (Close of day) 44 total/1 death (mid-50’s male)
  • March 18 29 total
  • March 17 19 total
  • March 16 10 total
  • March 15 7 total
  • March 13 4 total/1^st in OK county (60’s F travel to FL)
  • March 6 1^st case (Tulsa) asymptomatic, returned from Italy (2/23) symptoms started (2/29)
  • News
    • Gov. Stitt filed an executive order on March 22 to allow the labs at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma to perform COVID-19 testing