As of December 2020, there have been more than 15,300,000 confirmed cases and 289,000 COVID-19-related deaths in the U.S. The U-S. death rate had reached 874 per million people, the fourteenth-highest rate among nations. Disproportionate numbers of cases have been observed among Black and Latino populations. There were reported incidents of xenophobia and racism against Asian Americans.
About COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in brief
As of December 2020, there have been more than 15,300,000 confirmed cases and 289,000 COVID-19-related deaths in the U.S. The U. S. death rate had reached 874 per million people, the fourteenth-highest rate among nations. Clusters of infections and deaths have occurred in many areas. Disproportionate numbers of cases have been observed among Black and Latino populations, and there were reported incidents of xenophobia and racism against Asian Americans. The first known American deaths occurred in February, but were not known to be caused by CO VID-19 until April. A second rise in infections began in June 2020, following relaxed restrictions in several states. The WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern —its highest level of alarm—warning that all countries should be prepared for containment. The earliest confirmed American-19 occurred in Santa Clara County, California, of a 57-year-old woman on February 6. The virus had been circulating at least early as early as November. The CDC warned the American public for the first time to prepare for a local outbreak before the virus spread to 110 countries and the WHO officially declared a pandemic on March 11. It was not confirmed until April that nine other COVID19 deaths had occurred in other counties since February 6, and the virus had already spread to at least 110 countries, and possibly possibly more. The outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, and was declared a public health emergency on January 31. The World Health Organization warned on January 10 about the strong possibility of human-to-human transmission and urged precautions.
By mid-April, cases had been confirmed in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and by November in all inhabited U. s. territories. The Trump administration largely waited until mid-March to start purchasing large quantities of medical equipment. In late March, the administration started to use the Defense Production Act to direct industries to produce medical equipment to respond to the outbreak. On April 17, the federal government approved disaster declarations for all states and territories. On March 13, President Trump declared a national emergency. Although by that date there were only seven known cases in the United States, the HHS and CDC reported that there was a likelihood of further cases appearing in the country. On February 25, the CDC confirmed the first person- to-person case in America. The next day, the U S. declared apublic health emergency. On January 6, the Health and Human Services offered to send China a team of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health experts to help contain the outbreak, but China ignored the offer, which the CDC said contributed to the U-S. and other countries getting a late start in identifying the danger and taking early action. On January 10, the WHO and China both confirmed that human-To-Human transmission had indeed occurred. The CDC immediately activated its Emergency Operations Center to respond in China.
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