The coronavirus continues to spread across the United States.
There are 221 confirmed cases in the US and there have been 12 deaths so far.
On Thursday night Tucker Carlson announced that there are reports that a congressional staffer has come down with the virus.
From the coronavirus website.
There were 63 new cases and 1 new death in the United States on Thursday, including at least:
– 1st case in Colorado [source]’
– 1 case in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
– fifth case in Illinois a person who returned from Italy. He’s in isolation at Rush. [source]’
– second case in New Jersey: a 32-year-old man from Fort Lee [source]’
– 2 cases in Harris County, Texas: both are travel-related [source]’
– 1 new death in King County (Washington state): a woman in her 90s
– a resident of Sonoma County (second case there) who traveled internationally on the Grand Princess ship from San Francisco to Mexico [source]
– 4 in Los Angeles County, California [source]
– the 1st cases in San Francisco, California [source]’
– 11 in New York State: 3 are in serious condition and are treated in intensive care units [source] New cases include a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s [source]
– the 1st case in Nevada [source]
– 1 in Tennessee (Williamson County) [source]
– a Facebook worker in Seattle [source]
– the 1st case in New Jersey: a man in his 30s hospitalized in Bergen County [source]
Congress was warned on Wednesday that there was a possible coronavirus exposure at the AIPAC conference this year.
UPDATE — A separate source from Washington informed us on the staffer rumor going around DC.
UPDATE– (Friday AM) Despite asking sources in DC area we have not confirmed a congressional staffer came down with coronavirus.
