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The outbreak evolved into a <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">severe pandemic</a> over the course of the year, with extremely rapid growth in cases after that point.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to those 24 cases known by the end of February, this list includes three cases which were confirmed later by <a href="/wiki/Phylogenetic_analysis" class="mw-redirect" title="Phylogenetic analysis">phylogenetic analysis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Post-mortem" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-mortem">post-mortems</a> for a total of 27 cases. This list does not include repatriated cases- such as the fourteen infected citizens brought back from the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Princess_(ship)" title="Diamond Princess (ship)"><i>Diamond Princess</i></a> in February.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_testing_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 testing in the United States">Limited testing</a> at the time means that it is likely there were additional undetected cases. <a href="/wiki/Dr._Sara_Cody" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Sara Cody">Dr. Sara Cody</a>, medical officer for <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Clara County">Santa Clara County</a> (which saw <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area">a number of the first cases</a>) stated that those confirmed at the time represented only "the tip of an iceberg".<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_cases">List of cases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_early_cases_of_COVID-19_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of cases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Dates given are those of announcements, except for cases only determined by post-mortem">Date</span> </th> <th scope="col">Status </th> <th scope="col">CDC Origin Type </th> <th scope="col">Origin </th> <th scope="col">Location </th> <th scope="col">Treatment Facility </th> <th scope="col">Sex </th> <th scope="col">Age </th></tr> <tr> <td>January 21 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Recovered </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snohomish_County,_Washington" title="Snohomish County, Washington">Snohomish County, Washington</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/Providence_Regional_Medical_Center_Everett" title="Providence Regional Medical Center Everett">Providence Regional Medical Center Everett</a> </td> <td>Male </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The first confirmed case in the United States, the 35-year-old man had recently travelled from Wuhan to <a href="/wiki/Seattle%E2%80%93Tacoma_International_Airport" title="Seattle–Tacoma International Airport">Seattle–Tacoma International Airport</a> on January 15 and reported on January 19 to the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Regional_Medical_Center_Everett" title="Providence Regional Medical Center Everett">Providence Regional Medical Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Everett,_Washington" title="Everett, Washington">Everett, Washington</a>, with symptoms of pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schnirring_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schnirring-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released from the hospital on February 3 after two weeks of treatment, including the use of the anti-viral drug <a href="/wiki/Remdesivir" title="Remdesivir">remdesivir</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-USA_Today_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_Today-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PMID32004427_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMID32004427-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and remained in isolation at home.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Everett_Herald_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Everett_Herald-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PMID32004427_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMID32004427-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 24 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Recovered </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/St._Alexius_Medical_Center_(Illinois)" title="St. Alexius Medical Center (Illinois)">St. Alexius Medical Center</a> </td> <td>Female </td> <td>60s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The second confirmed case, a woman in her 60s living in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lovelace_Jr_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lovelace_Jr-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The woman had recently travelled to Wuhan to take care of a sick parent.<sup id="cite_ref-WGN-TV_9_Chicago_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WGN-TV_9_Chicago-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The woman exposed her husband, the sixth case, and both were cared for at <a href="/wiki/St._Alexius_Medical_Center_(Illinois)" title="St. Alexius Medical Center (Illinois)">St. Alexius Medical Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hoffman_Estates,_Illinois" title="Hoffman Estates, Illinois">Hoffman Estates, Illinois</a>. The couple was discharged on February 7 and moved to in-home isolation.<sup id="cite_ref-Leventis_Lourgos_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leventis_Lourgos-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 25 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Recovered </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Male </td> <td>50s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The CDC confirmed a third case in <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CNBC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNBC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The person, a man in his 50s, was released from the hospital on February 1 in good condition to in-home isolation.<sup id="cite_ref-Wheeler_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wheeler-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 26 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Undisclosed </td> <td>Undisclosed </td> <td>Undisclosed </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 26 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Recovered </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona">Tempe, Arizona</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Male </td> <td>Under 60 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A "member of the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a> community who does not live in university housing"<sup id="cite_ref-Feibel_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feibel-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which provoked a student petition to cancel classes "until proper precautions have been taken to ensure the well-being of the students."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 21, <a href="/wiki/Maricopa_County,_Arizona" title="Maricopa County, Arizona">Maricopa County</a> Department of Health confirmed that the patient was no longer infected and was out of isolation.<sup id="cite_ref-Pitts_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitts-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 30 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Recovered </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td>Spouse </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/St._Alexius_Medical_Center_(Illinois)" title="St. Alexius Medical Center (Illinois)">St. Alexius Medical Center</a> </td> <td>Male </td> <td>60s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The first case of human-to-human transmission in the U.S., the man contracted the virus from his wife, the second case, and had not recently travelled to China.<sup id="cite_ref-cnbc.com_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnbc.com-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-marketwatch.com_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marketwatch.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple was discharged from the <a href="/wiki/St._Alexius_Medical_Center_(Illinois)" title="St. Alexius Medical Center (Illinois)">St. Alexius Medical Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hoffman_Estates,_Illinois" title="Hoffman Estates, Illinois">Hoffman Estates, Illinois</a>, on February 7 and moved to in-home isolation.<sup id="cite_ref-Leventis_Lourgos_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leventis_Lourgos-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 31 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Recovered </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Male </td> <td>Undisclosed </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A man in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a>. The man recovered at home and was released from in-home isolation on February 20.<sup id="cite_ref-Woolfolk_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woolfolk-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 31 </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Deceased </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Died at home; case confirmed by post-mortem </td> <td>Female </td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A woman in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a>. She became ill on January 31 and died on February 6- possibly the first death in the United States from the virus, though the case was only confirmed by post-mortem in April.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Male </td> <td>20s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A student at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Boston" title="University of Massachusetts Boston">University of Massachusetts Boston</a> who had recently returned from Wuhan, China.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Boston_Herald_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Boston_Herald-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NBC-TV_10_Boston_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-TV_10_Boston-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of February 26, the student was still isolated and recovering at his off-campus home.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 2 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Female </td> <td>Undisclosed </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A woman in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a>, who had recently travelled to Wuhan. This case is unrelated to the seventh case, also in Santa Clara.<sup id="cite_ref-uk.reuters.com_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk.reuters.com-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 2 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Wuhan, China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Benito_County,_California" title="San Benito County, California">San Benito County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Hospitalized </td> <td>Male </td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A man who had recently travelled to Wuhan, China and was involved in the second instance of human-to-human transmission when his wife, the eleventh case, tested positive.<sup id="cite_ref-abcnews.go.com_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcnews.go.com-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 2 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td>Spouse </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Benito_County,_California" title="San Benito County, California">San Benito County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Hospitalized </td> <td>Female </td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The second instance of human-to-human transmission, the woman tested positive after being exposed to her husband who had recently travelled to Wuhan, China.<sup id="cite_ref-abcnews.go.com_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcnews.go.com-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 5 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Beijing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Undisclosed </td> <td>Adult </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The CDC and the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Department_of_Health_Services" title="Wisconsin Department of Health Services">Wisconsin Department of Health Services</a> confirmed the twelfth case in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to public health officials, the person went directly to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin Hospital">University of Wisconsin Hospital</a> after arriving at the <a href="/wiki/Dane_County_Regional_Airport" title="Dane County Regional Airport">Dane County Regional Airport</a> and is not a student at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin_Madison" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin Madison">University of Wisconsin Madison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-postcrescent.com_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-postcrescent.com-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 11 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td>Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the index case of the <i>Diamond Princess</i> outbreak was infected with the Washington strain of the virus while the ship was in port at San Francisco on February 11. The person who infected the index case that day is not known.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 17 </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Deceased </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Died at home; case confirmed by post-mortem </td> <td>Undisclosed </td> <td>Undisclosed </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A person in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a>, who died at home around February 17. Confirmed by post-mortem in April.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 20 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California" title="Humboldt County, California">Humboldt County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Undisclosed </td> <td>Adult </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 20 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_County,_California" title="Sacramento County, California">Sacramento County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Undisclosed </td> <td>Undisclosed </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 26 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/UC_Davis_Medical_Center" title="UC Davis Medical Center">UC Davis Medical Center</a> </td> <td>Female </td> <td>Adult </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The first case discovered in the United States of unknown origin.<sup id="cite_ref-abc7.com_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc7.com-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Sacramento_Bee_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Sacramento_Bee-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The California Department of Public Health said this may represent the first community transmission in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Egel_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Egel-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento said that when the person was transferred there on February 19, the medical team suspected it was COVID-19 and asked the CDC to test for SARS-CoV-2. The CDC initially refused since the person did not meet the criteria for testing. The person was ultimately tested on February 23; the test results returned positive on February 26.<sup id="cite_ref-Ternus-Bellamy_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ternus-Bellamy-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 28 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara County, California</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/El_Camino_Hospital" title="El Camino Hospital">El Camino Hospital</a> </td> <td>Female </td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The second case to be discovered with unknown origin.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 28 </td> <td style="background: #BFE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial">Presumptive </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Oregon" title="Washington County, Oregon">Washington County, Oregon</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Westside_Medical_Center" title="Kaiser Westside Medical Center">Kaiser Westside Medical Center</a> </td> <td>Undisclosed </td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A school employee at Forest Hills Elementary School in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Oswego,_Oregon" title="Lake Oswego, Oregon">Lake Oswego</a> and the first case in <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Washington_Post_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-foxnews.com_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxnews.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 28 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snohomish_County,_Washington" title="Snohomish County, Washington">Snohomish County, Washington</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Male </td> <td>Teens </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A high school student at <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Jackson_High_School" title="Henry M. Jackson High School">Jackson High School</a> and the third case discovered with unknown origin.<sup id="cite_ref-patch.com_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patch.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 28 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Confirmed </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Travel-related </td> <td>Daegu, South Korea </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Washington" title="King County, Washington">King County, Washington</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">In-Home Isolation </td> <td>Female </td> <td>50s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The first travel-related case where China was not the country of origin but rather South Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-patch.com_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patch.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 29 </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Deceased </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Washington" title="King County, Washington">King County, Washington</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/EvergreenHealth" title="EvergreenHealth">EvergreenHealth</a> </td> <td>Male </td> <td>50s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">The first death from the virus to be confirmed in the United States. The earlier deaths in this list were only confirmed by later analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 29 </td> <td style="background: #BFE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial">Presumptive </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Washington" title="King County, Washington">King County, Washington</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/Overlake_Hospital_Medical_Center" title="Overlake Hospital Medical Center">Overlake Hospital Medical Center</a> </td> <td>Female </td> <td>40s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A healthcare worker from Life Care Center of Kirkland, a nursing facility in King County, Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-kingcounty.gov_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingcounty.gov-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 29 </td> <td style="background: #BFE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial">Presumptive </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Person-to-person spread </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Unknown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Washington" title="King County, Washington">King County, Washington</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial"><a href="/wiki/EvergreenHealth" title="EvergreenHealth">EvergreenHealth</a> </td> <td>Female </td> <td>70s </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">A resident of the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a nursing facility in King County, Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-kingcounty.gov_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingcounty.gov-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 29 </td> <td style="background: #FFB; 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href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_mandates_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 vaccination mandates in the United States">mandates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine_hesitancy_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States">misinformation and hesitancy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation_by_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 misinformation by the United States">Misinformation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States and D.C.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Alabama" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Alaska" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Arizona" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Arkansas" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_California" title="COVID-19 pandemic in California">California</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_California" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in California">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area">S.F. Bay Area</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Colorado" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Connecticut" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Delaware" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Florida" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Hawaii" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Idaho" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Illinois" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Indiana" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Iowa" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Kansas" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Kentucky" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Louisiana" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Maine" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Maryland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland">Maryland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Maryland" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Massachusetts" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Massachusetts" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Boston" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Boston">Boston</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Boston" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Boston">timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Michigan" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Minnesota" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Mississippi" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Missouri" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Montana" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nebraska" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nevada" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Hampshire" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Jersey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Mexico" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_(state)" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_City" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New York City">New York City</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_City" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City">timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_Carolina" title="COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_Dakota" title="COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ohio" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio">Ohio</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Columbus,_Ohio" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Oklahoma" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Oregon" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon">Oregon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Portland,_Oregon" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon">Portland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Pennsylvania" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Philadelphia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Rhode_Island" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Carolina" title="COVID-19 pandemic in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Dakota" title="COVID-19 pandemic in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Tennessee" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Texas" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Texas">Texas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Texas" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Austin,_Texas" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas">Austin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Utah" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vermont" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Virginia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington_(state)" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Washington (state)">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington,_D.C." title="COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_House_COVID-19_outbreak" title="White House COVID-19 outbreak">White House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_West_Virginia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wisconsin" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wyoming" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territories and<br />other areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_American_Samoa" title="COVID-19 pandemic in American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay Naval Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_U.S._immigration_detention" title="COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. immigration detention">Immigration detention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Guam" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Navajo_Nation" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Navajo Nation">Navajo Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Puerto_Rico" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_on_Grand_Princess" title="COVID-19 pandemic on Grand Princess">Grand Princess</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_on_USS_Theodore_Roosevelt" title="COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United States responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">Responses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government<br />response</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Pre-pandemic exercises <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimson_Contagion" title="Crimson Contagion">Crimson Contagion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_Center_for_Health_Security#Event_201" title="Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security">Event 201</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._federal_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Federal government response</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communication_of_the_Trump_administration_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic">Trump administration communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed" title="Operation Warp Speed">Operation Warp Speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biden_administration_COVID-19_action_plan" title="Biden administration COVID-19 action plan">Biden administration COVID-19 action plan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._state_and_local_government_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="U.S. state and local government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">State and local government responses</a> <ul><li>state responses <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="California government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">California government response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_state_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="New York state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">New York government response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Texas government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Texas government response</a></li></ul></li> <li>Regional responses <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_States_Multi-state_Council" title="Eastern States Multi-state Council">Eastern States Multi-state Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Governors_Regional_Pact" title="Midwest Governors Regional Pact">Midwest Governors Regional Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_States_Pact" title="Western States Pact">Western States Pact</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_eviction_moratoriums_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 eviction moratoriums in the United States">Eviction moratoriums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Subcommittee_on_the_Coronavirus_Pandemic" title="United States House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic">House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_House_Coronavirus_Task_Force" title="White House Coronavirus Task Force">White House Coronavirus Task Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Advisory_Board" title="COVID-19 Advisory Board">COVID-19 Advisory Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_American_Economic_Revival_Industry_Groups" title="Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups">Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospital_ships_designated_for_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Hospital ships designated for the COVID-19 pandemic">Hospital ships</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Mercy" title="USNS Mercy">USNS <i>Mercy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Comfort" title="USNS Comfort">USNS <i>Comfort</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Oval_Office_address" title="2020 Oval Office address">2020 Oval Office address</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program" title="Paycheck Protection Program">Paycheck Protection Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandemic_Response_Accountability_Committee" title="Pandemic Response Accountability Committee">Pandemic Response Accountability Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Inspector_General_for_Pandemic_Recovery" title="Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery">Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Congressional_Oversight_Commission" title="COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission">COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_Preparedness_and_Response_Supplemental_Appropriations_Act,_2020" title="Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020">Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Families_First_Coronavirus_Response_Act" title="Families First Coronavirus Response Act">Families First Coronavirus Response Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CARES_Act" title="CARES Act">CARES Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program_and_Health_Care_Enhancement_Act" title="Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act">Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HEROES_Act" title="HEROES Act">HEROES Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HEALS_Act" title="HEALS Act">HEALS Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021" title="American Rescue Plan Act of 2021">American Rescue Plan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Private<br />response</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_COVID_Control" title="Center for COVID Control">Center for COVID Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covid_Act_Now" title="Covid Act Now">Covid Act Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Tracking_Project" title="COVID Tracking Project">COVID Tracking Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MusiCares_COVID-19_Relief_Fund" title="MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund">MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/30_Rock:_A_One-Time_Special" title="30 Rock: A One-Time Special">30 Rock: A One-Time Special</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acting_for_a_Cause" title="Acting for a Cause">Acting for a Cause</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Digital_Drag_Fest" title="Digital Drag Fest">Digital Drag Fest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Home_Movie:_The_Princess_Bride" title="Home Movie: The Princess Bride">Home Movie: The Princess Bride</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/IHeart_Living_Room_Concert_for_America" title="IHeart Living Room Concert for America">iHeart Living Room Concert for America</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_It_Work!" title="Make It Work!">Make It Work!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Seder" title="Saturday Night Seder">Saturday Night Seder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_at_Home" title="Saturday Night Live at Home">Saturday Night Live at Home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street:_Elmo%27s_Playdate" title="Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate">Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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title="U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss">U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Class_of_2020" title="Dear Class of 2020">Dear Class of 2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Graduation2020" title="Graduation2020">#Graduation2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Graduate_Together:_America_Honors_the_High_School_Class_of_2020" title="Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020">Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Are_One:_A_Global_Film_Festival" title="We Are One: A Global Film Festival">We Are One: A Global Film Festival</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Global_Goal:_Unite_for_Our_Future" title="Global Goal: Unite for Our Future">Global Goal: Unite for Our Future</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Killer_Party" title="A Killer Party">A Killer Party</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Disney_Holiday_Singalong" class="mw-redirect" title="The Disney Holiday Singalong">The Disney Holiday Singalong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_36" title="WrestleMania 36">WrestleMania 36</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ratatouille_the_Musical" title="Ratatouille the Musical">Ratatouille the Musical</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Kidman_AMC_Theatres_commercial" title="Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial">Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Academy_Awards" title="93rd Academy Awards">93rd Academy Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_Tony_Awards" title="74th Tony Awards">74th Tony Awards</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stars_in_the_House" title="Stars in the House">Stars in the House</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impacts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Social_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Social</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election#Effects_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postal_voting_in_the_2020_United_States_elections" title="Postal voting in the 2020 United States elections">postal voting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_hospital_crisis_in_the_U.S._from_COVID-19" title="2021 hospital crisis in the U.S. from COVID-19">2021 hospital crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_abortion_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on abortion in the United States">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_congressional_insider_trading_scandal" title="2020 congressional insider trading scandal">Congressional insider trading scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_education_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in the United States">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_masks_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Face masks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_foster_care_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foster care in the United States">Foster care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_protests_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 protests in the United States">Protests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Open_the_States" title="Open the States">Open the States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">George Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_United_States_election_protests" title="2020–21 United States election protests">Election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="January 6 United States Capitol attack">United States Capitol attack</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racial_disparities_in_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="Racial disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Racial disparities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_African_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on African diaspora">African-American communities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_Native_American_tribes_and_tribal_communities" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Native American tribes and tribal communities">Native American communities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States#Sports" title="Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_television_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States">Television</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_impacted_by_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="List of American television series impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic">programs affected</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_Walt_Disney_Company" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoom_Communications" title="Zoom Communications">Zoom Video Communications</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_pediatric_care_crisis" title="2022–2023 pediatric care crisis">2022–2023 pediatric care crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Economic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_meat_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the meat industry in the United States">Meat industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_recession" title="COVID-19 recession">Recession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_restaurant_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States">Restaurant industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_stock_market_crash" title="2020 stock market crash">Stock market crash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Strikes_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic">Strikes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Alabama_aluminum_plant_strike" title="2020–2021 Alabama aluminum plant strike">Alabama aluminum plant strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Allegheny_Technologies_strike" title="2021 Allegheny Technologies strike">Allegheny Technologies strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Bath_shipbuilders%27_strike" title="2020 Bath shipbuilders' strike">Bath shipbuilders' strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Columbia_University_strike" title="2021–2022 Columbia University strike">Columbia University strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Frito-Lay_strike" title="2021 Frito-Lay strike">Frito-Lay strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_HarperCollins_strike" title="2022–2023 HarperCollins strike">HarperCollins strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Heaven_Hill_strike" title="2021 Heaven Hill strike">Heaven Hill strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Hunts_Point_Produce_Market_strike" title="2021 Hunts Point Produce Market strike">Hunts Point Produce Market strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_John_Deere_strike" title="2021 John Deere strike">John Deere strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kellogg%27s_strike" title="2021 Kellogg's strike">Kellogg's strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Mercy_Hospital_strike" title="2021 Mercy Hospital strike">Mercy Hospital strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Michigan_graduate_students%27_strike" title="2020 Michigan graduate students' strike">Michigan graduate students' strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Nabisco_strike" title="2021 Nabisco strike">Nabisco strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Oregon_Tech_strike" title="2021 Oregon Tech strike">Oregon Tech strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Saint_Vincent_Hospital_strike" title="2021–2022 Saint Vincent Hospital strike">Saint Vincent Hospital strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_St._Charles_Bend_strike" title="2021 St. Charles Bend strike">St. Charles Bend strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_St._Paul_Park_refinery_strike" title="2021 St. Paul Park refinery strike">St. Paul Park refinery strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_University_of_Illinois_Hospital_strikes" title="2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes">University of Illinois Hospital strikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_Volvo_Trucks_strike" title="2021 Virginia Volvo Trucks strike">Virginia Volvo Trucks strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932023_Warrior_Met_Coal_strike" title="2021–2023 Warrior Met Coal strike">Warrior Met Coal strike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable<br />people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Adams" title="Jerome Adams">Jerome Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Atlas" title="Scott Atlas">Scott Atlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Azar" title="Alex Azar">Alex Azar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Birx" title="Deborah Birx">Deborah Birx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Bright" title="Rick Bright">Rick Bright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Fauci" title="Anthony Fauci">Anthony Fauci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Gaynor" title="Pete Gaynor">Pete Gaynor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Giroir" title="Brett Giroir">Brett Giroir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hahn" title="Stephen Hahn">Stephen Hahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashish_Jha" title="Ashish Jha">Ashish Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Klain" title="Ron Klain">Ron Klain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Messonnier" title="Nancy Messonnier">Nancy Messonnier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivek_Murthy" title="Vivek Murthy">Vivek Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Navarro" title="Peter Navarro">Peter Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustave_F._Perna" title="Gustave F. Perna">Gustave F. Perna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Redfield" title="Robert R. Redfield">Robert R. Redfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_T._Semonite" title="Todd T. Semonite">Todd T. Semonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moncef_Slaoui" title="Moncef Slaoui">Moncef Slaoui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Slavitt" title="Andy Slavitt">Andy Slavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochelle_Walensky" title="Rochelle Walensky">Rochelle Walensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zients" title="Jeff Zients">Jeff Zients</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State and<br />local</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Acton" title="Amy Acton">Amy Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Adams" title="Eric Adams">Eric Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Abbott" title="Greg Abbott">Greg Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Brown" title="Kate Brown">Kate Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo" title="Andrew Cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_A._Chokshi" title="Dave A. Chokshi">Dave A. Chokshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio" title="Bill de Blasio">Bill de Blasio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine">Mike DeWine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Garcetti" title="Eric Garcetti">Eric Garcetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Hochul" title="Kathy Hochul">Kathy Hochul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hogan" title="Larry Hogan">Larry Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Inslee" title="Jay Inslee">Jay Inslee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kenney" title="Jim Kenney">Jim Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Kemp" title="Brian Kemp">Brian Kemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Lamont" title="Ned Lamont">Ned Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Murphy" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Newsom" title="Gavin Newsom">Gavin Newsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._B._Pritzker" title="J. 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