COVID-19 Update 9 March 2020
Global markets are hitting circuit breakers, 16m Italians are under quarantine, and Americans still can't get tested for the virus.
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Housekeeping Notes
The Latest Stats (non-China)
CONFIRMED CASES
30,807
CONFIRMED DEATHS
764
Worldwide
United States
Today's Biggest Developments
- Global markets imploded Monday morning due to the joint pressures of coronavirus and a Saudi-Russo price war over oil. In the UK, a barrel of oil costs less than a KFC party bucket.
- Italy quarantined 16m people in the north after total cases passed 6,000 and more than 350 people have died.
- There are now more American states with coronavirus cases than without. Total cases blew past 500 over the weekend, and 22 people have died.
- The American CDC refuses to reveal the number of people tested or disclose how many test kits are available. The site hasn't been updated since noon Friday.
- Expect the number of cases in the US to increase into the thousands this week as more test kits become available.
- Expect the number of cases to reach five figures by next week.
- The coronavirus R0, or effective reproduction number, remains well above two in most countries. It needs to fall below 1.0 to show a decrease in the pandemic.
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