COVID-19: March 17, 2020

Personal impact:

• Trying to take in all the news is like putting your face into an open firehose. And yesterday, I tried.

• Slept very fitfully last night. Woke up exhausted. Feeling very down today.

• Looked at news and twitter less today.

Local impact:

We confirmed today that the Royal St Pedestrian Mall has once again been suspended to discourage people from gathering. We will follow up when a sense of normalcy returns. If any street performers need support, contact us and we will direct you to resources as best we can.

— MaCCNO (@musicculture504) March 17, 2020

Cases:

National

Source	Old Count	New Count	Increase of	Time
CDC	3,487	4,226	739	4:00 pm update
J.H.Univ.	4,442	5,894	1,452	5:13 pm update
NYT	4,115	5,303	1,188	3:20 pm update

Louisiana

Where?	Old Count	New Count	Increase of	Deaths	Time
Statewide	136	196	60	4	5:30 pm update
Orleans	94	136	42	4
Jefferson	21	35	14
St. Bernard	2	2
Lafourche	2	2
Terrebonne	2	3	1

Articles:

• According to a study published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers said the virus that causes COVID-19 remains infectious in the air for up to three hours,
  on copper for up to four hours,
  on cardboard for up to 24 hours,
  and on plastic and stainless steel for up to three days.

• Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: March 16 Update

Almost everyone is still on the Italian growth path. The big exception is Spain, which is in terrible shape, and the UK and Sweden, which continue to be a little under the Italian trendline. The United States remains almost perfectly on the Italian trendline, and there’s really no reason to think we can get off it before the next two or three weeks at the earliest.

Click to see graphs

also:

A Chart Q&A: Where is the Coronavirus Pandemic Headed?

Predictions:

• People are saying we’re nine days behind Italy, so… the USA will pass 30,000 cases on Thursday, March 26.

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