Coronavirus USA Update: US Death Toll At 65; 3,349 Confirmed Cases

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KEY POINTS Sunday saw confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach 3,349 in 49 states while deaths jumped to 65

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The United States will definitely see more infections from COVID-19 and more deaths even as confirmed cases on Sunday hit 3,349 in 49 states while deaths jumped to 65. Only West Virginia has no confirmed COVID-19 cases.

The warning of the coronavirus' relentless spread abetted by earlier federal government miscues on testing was made Sunday by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

"We have not yet reached our peak," said Dr. Fauci, who also warned life in the U.S. will change while the country fights the pandemic.

"For a while, life is not going to be the way it used to be in the United States," explained Dr. Fauci on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday morning. "We have to just accept that if we want to do what's best for the American public."

As of Sunday, there were 3,349 coronavirus cases in 49 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington D.C., as compiled by CNN based on data from federal, state, private and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 65 people have died.

The nonstop advance of COVID-19 in the U.S. can be illustrated in its stunning progress since last Friday. There was a roughly 40% jump in the number of confirmed COVID-19 on Saturday compared to Friday, a huge single day spike in cases and deaths since the coronavirus first appeared on January 21.

There were at least 2,816 cases in the U.S., as of 9:45 pm ET, Saturday, according to a compilation by CNN. This total is 38.5% higher than the comparable total for Friday. A total of 58 people died.

In contrast and as of Friday evening on the East Coast at about the same time, there were 2,033 cases (including the 70 China and Japan repatriates) based on CNN totals. There were 41 U.S. deaths. Of this total, 31 were Washington, 4 in California, 2 in Florida, and one each in New Jersey, South Dakota, Georgia, and Kansas. The deaths reported Saturday were 41% higher than the comparable time on Friday.

Photo: GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / David Dee Delgado

atomicvocabulary on March 16th, 2020 at 04:35 UTC »

I just got off work as a paramedic in a mid-major city of about 550k. It was getting worse by the day now it's getting worse every 6 hours. I have the weekend off until Thursday morning. I'll probably work straight through to the end of April or until I get stick. What I am saying is I think these next three days are my last days off for a while.

FuzzeWuzze on March 16th, 2020 at 03:53 UTC »

All those mountain mama's living large and covid free in West Virginia.

Pots2Go on March 16th, 2020 at 03:18 UTC »

I'm here in Kirkland and nothing has really changed outside of the events cancelled and schools. I work in a restaurant that is within a mile from the life care center. While we have been somewhat slower, we still have been filling the restaurant to capacity at least twice a day. Our primary customers are all 40+ and their kids. A lot of them are even ordering to go so they can take food to their relatives in the life care center, in which the deaths are occurring. The general attitude of our customers is "it's just the flu, whatever" this is gonna end up passing it to a server, and then the kitchen staff. I'm waiting till we are eaither shut down by Gov. Mandate or quarantine.