
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.
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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]
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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.