2:00 PM Mtn UPDATE: COVID-19 Pandemic Now in 97 Countries = 101,876 Cases; 3,462 Deaths; 56,108 Recoveries. United States Still Without Adequate Test Kits While COVID-19 Hiding Weeks Inside Human Hosts Infecting Other Humans. Implication: Explosion of USA Positive Cases Upcoming.

“It’s a false hope to say, yes, that COVID-19 will disappear like the flu (with summer). We have to assume that the virus will continue to have the capacity to spread.”

— Mike Ryan, M. D., Executive Director, World Health Organization Health Emergencies Program, Geneva, Switzerland, March 6, 2020

2:00 PM Mtn UPDATE March 6, 2020 Albuquerque, New Mexico — COVID-19 confirmed cases are now 270 in 22 American states and deaths have risen to 15. The U. S. Senate voted on March 5, 2020, to approve $8.3 billion emergency aid in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washington State has most COVID-19 with 74 confirmed cases and 13 deaths on March 6, 2020. California reported 14th U. S. death on March 6, 2020, along with 74 confirmed cases. Nineteen other states also have confirmed cases. Click to enlarge. — Washington State has most COVID-19 with 74 confirmed cases and 14 deaths on March 6, 2020. California reported 15th U. S. death on March 6, 2020, along with 74 confirmed cases. Twenty other states also have confirmed cases.

The Grand Princess cruise ship in San Francisco waters has thousands of passengers worried that a California man who died this week had traveled on the same ship a month ago. So, has the dangerous COVID-19 coronavirus been silently infecting new cruise passengers because China data has proven that COVID-19 can can live hidden in a human host for a month or more without causing symptoms, but infecting other people. The only way to know is to test. Yesterday a California Air National Guard helicopter dropped test kits onto the Grand Princess cruise ship off San Francisco, but the results of testing are not expected until Friday evening, March 6, 2020. Image by AFB and Getty Images. — On Thursday, March 5, 2020, a California Air National Guard helicopter dropped test kits onto the Grand Princess cruise ship off San Francisco to test 45 of the 3,500+ passengers for the COVID-19 coronavirus, but the results of testing are not expected until Friday evening, March 6, 2020. Image by AFB and Getty Images.

The United States is still not able to test for COVID-19 in all communities. Currently the total case count in America is 254 with 14 deaths. But in the Pacific waters 70 miles from San Francisco, California, a cruise ship called Grand Princess has 3,500+ passengers worried that a California man who died this week had traveled on the same ship a month ago. Could the dangerous COVID-19 coronavirus have been silently infecting new cruise passengers? China data shows COVID-19 can live hidden in a human host for a month or more without causing symptoms, but infecting other people. The only way to know is to test.

Medical officials collected samples for testing from 45 people currently aboard the ship after some showed symptoms. The samples were flown by helicopter to a lab near San Francisco.

A California Air National Guard helicopter delivered virus testing kits hovering above the Grand Princess cruise ship Thursday, March 5, 2020, off the coast of San Franciso. There are about 3,500 passengers and everyone needs to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Results are not expected before Friday night, March 6, 2020. Photo: Michele Smith / Associated Press. — A California Air National Guard helicopter delivered virus testing kits hovering above the Grand Princess cruise ship Thursday, March 5, 2020, off the coast of San Franciso. There are about 3,500+ passengers and everyone needs to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Results are not expected before Friday night, March 6, 2020. Photo: Michele Smith / Associated Press.

On Thursday, March 5, 2020, a California Air National Guard helicopter dropped test kits onto the Grand Princess cruise ship. Medical officials collected samples for testing from 45 people currently aboard the ship after some showed symptoms. The samples were flown to a lab near San Francisco, but the results of testing are not expected until Friday evening, March 6, 2020. All guests have been asked to stay in their rooms and receive food by room service. But by Friday afternoon, passengers were reporting no one was answering the room service line.

March 6, 2020 Estimated Death Rate of COVID-19 Is 3.4% Compared to .1% for Influenza

COVID-19 is 34 times as deadly as seasonal flu because the coronavirus's current estimated death rate is 3.4% compared to .1% for flu. This graph by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compares flu and COVID-19 by age. — COVID-19 is 34 times as deadly as seasonal flu because the coronavirus’s current estimated death rate is **3.4%** compared to **.1%** for flu. Graph by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Worldometers.info Covid-19: Confirmed Cases and Deaths in 96 Countries and Territories At 2:00 PM Mtn on March 6, 2020 – 15th Person Has Died in Washington State

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More Information:

03-02-20 — 1 PM March 2nd UPDATE: Pandemic COVID-19 Now In 75 Countries: 90,294 Cases; 3,086 Deaths; 45,705 Recoveries. United States 92 Cases and 6 Deaths.

02-29-20 – First COVID-19 Death in U. S. Is In Washington State. King County Press Conference At 4 PM Mtn Today. New Cases in Washington, Oregon and California Could Be “Community Spread.” U. S. 66 Confirmed Cases. World Death Total Now 2,942 and 86,021 Cases.

02-27-20 – CDC Confirms First “Community Spread” COVID-19 Case in California, Which Means No Clue Where Coronavirus Came From.

02-26-20 – 8:30 AM Mtn Feb. 26th Update — CDC to Americans: “Prepare for Expectation That This COVID-19 Might Be Bad.” WHO: “World Must Prepare for Pandemic.” See Earthfiles YouTube Livestream Tonight for Latest Details.

02-17-2020 – Monday 7:30 PM Update: 73,335 Confirmed Cases and 1,873 Deaths; 300+ American Diamond Princess Cruise Passengers Land At Lackland AFB Early This Morning with 14 More COVID-19 Newly Infected Patients Who Will Be Quarantined Again, Raising U.S. Confirmed Cases to 29.

02-11-2020 – Feb. 11 Update 4 PM Mtn – Wuhan Coronavirus Infections — 28 Countries: 1,107 Deaths, 43,101 cases; U.S. Still At 12 Confirmed in 5 States.
02-04-2020 – Feb. 4th 11:30 AM Mtn UPDATE – 427 Deaths and 20,707 Confirmed Cases in 28 Countries. 11 Cases in USA. Hong Kong Reports 1st Death Amid Calls to Shut Down Border. Hyundai Suspending Car Production in So. Korea.
01-31-2020 – Friday 8:45 PM Update – 7th Case in U.S.; Current Death Toll Now 259 and Confirmed Cases 11,791. Many Airlines Have Suspended All Flights to China. Russia Closed Down Border to China As W.H.O. Declares Wuhan Coronavirus “Global Public Health Emergency.”
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