Chinanews.com, March 16th. Real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of 14:20 on the 15th, Eastern time, a total of 3,244 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States and 62 deaths.
On the same day, US President Trump stated on social media that members of the White House New Crown Virus Prevention and Control Working Group will hold a press conference on the epidemic at 17:00 ET.