COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
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The COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United States in January 2020. The first confirmed case of local transmission was recorded in January in Chicago and the first known deaths happened in February.
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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | United States |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China[1] |
Index case | Chicago, Illinois (earliest known arrival)[2] Everett, Washington (first case report)[3] |
Arrival date | January 13, 2020[4] (4 years, 4 months and 6 days ago) |
Confirmed cases | 103,436,829[5] |
Deaths | 1,185,510[5] (reported) |
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By the end of March, cases had happened in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories except American Samoa.[6][7]
As of April 30, 2024, 103,436,829 cases of COVID-19 have been reported, and 1,185,510 people have died of COVID-19.[8]