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Live Science- March 5, 2020 -- A newly identified coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is spreading across the globe. Here's what you need to know about the virus and the disease it causes, called COVID-19.
Update on Thursday, March 5 (ET):
—Nine additional cases have been confirmed in New York, bringing the state's total to 11.
—California reported its first death from COVID-19, in an elderly adult with underlying health conditions, the Sacramento Bee reported. The resident of Placer County had taken a cruise from San Francisco to Mexico Feb. 11 to Feb. 21 and was potentially exposed while abroad.
—Italy's government announced Wednesday all schools and universities in the country will be closed from March 5 to March 15, as the country now has more than 3,089 cases and 107 deaths linked to the coronavirus, CNBC reported.
—Los Angeles County reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday (March 4). All of the cases are linked with an "assumed known exposure," such as a history of travel, exposure to a traveler or close contact with a known case, officials said. The county declared a local health emergency to better prepare for and respond to the virus.
—The global mortality rate for COVID-19 is 3.4%, WHO said on March 2. This virus causes more severe illness than the flu, but doesn't spread as efficiently, the director-general said.
US CORONAVIRUS CASES
Washington: 44
Oregon: 2
California: 51
Arizona: 2
Utah: 1
Nebraska: 13
Texas: 11
Wisconsin: 1
Illinois: 4
Florida: 3
Georgia: 2
North Carolina: 1
New York: 11
New Hampshire: 2
Rhode Island: 2
Massachusetts: 2
—The Olympic Games, scheduled for this summer in Tokyo, will likely continue as planned but there's a chance it could be postponed until later this year amid the coronavirus outbreak.
— Washington state reported three more
deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday.
—FDA announces 1 million coronavirus tests should be available by end of week.
—There are now at least 128 confirmed cases in the U.S., with 31 of those in Washington state, which also has the first related deaths (nine).
— 95,748 confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide, with more cases popping up outside China than inside.
—3,286 deaths have been linked to the virus. Deaths worldwide exceed those from SARS. And 53,423 individuals have recovered from COVID-19.
—Cases of coronavirus in South Korea have skyrocketed to 6,088, where about 60% of the cases are somehow linked to members of a secret religious sect.
