China News Service, March 16th. According to the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po report, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the United States continues to spread. As of the morning of the 15th local time, confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia have appeared in 49 states, the capital Washington and the United States Puerto Rico. No confirmed cases have been reported in West Virginia. Louisiana, New York, Oregon, and Virginia all reported their first deaths from new crown pneumonia for the first time on the 14th.
According to previous media reports, real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of 14:20 EST on the 15th, a total of 3,244 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States and 62 deaths.
According to reports, most of the cases are concentrated in Washington, California and New York, but the outbreak in other states is getting worse. For example, Louisiana was not diagnosed a week ago, but 77 cases have been accumulated by the evening of the 14th. Puerto Rico confirmed the first case on the 13th.
Forsyth, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the United States has not yet reached its peak, but "99% of patients will recover."
In the case of the epidemic spreading across the United States, local governments have implemented strict epidemic prevention measures. For example, after the first case of Pittsburgh on the 14th, the city government immediately required local bars to implement "social distance" measures to limit the number of people entering. Many churches around the country have cancelled churches for Sunday services. More than a dozen states have announced local school suspensions to avoid the spread of the virus.