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[110] [111] US CDC developed its own testing kit after China shared the genetic sequence on 10 January and deployed it to detect the first coronavirus case. The testing kit used three small genetic sequences instead of two used by Germany. The test kits were found to be defective because the third sequence, or "probe", gave inconclusive results ...
By late November 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 had broken out in Wuhan, China. [2]As reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases on November 30, 2020, 7,389 blood samples collected between December 13, 2019, and January 17, 2020, by the American Red Cross from normal donors in nine states (California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin ...
Tests are generally divided into two types. Viral testing can identify if a person is currently infected with SARS-CoV-2. Antibody testing can identify if a person has previously been exposed to the virus. [64] As of August 2020, the FDA had granted Emergency Use Authorizations to over 200 tests for detecting current or past infection. [65]
The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]
A dataset of COVID-19 testing locations in the United States and Puerto Rico USAFacts [5] April 24, 2020 [6] Yes, by CDC [7] Daily County Yes No No Yes Yes No No A dataset of county-level coronavirus cases and deaths that is updated daily COVID Tracking Project [8] March 7, 2020 [9] No Daily State Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
In addition, one case was subtracted from the tally after a false-positive test result, bringing the total to 57,514. [ 111 ] Ukraine has reported 2,958 new daily cases and record high 76 new daily deaths, bringing the total numbers to 162,660 and 3,340 respectively; a total of 72,324 patients have recovered.
New Caledonia has reported that all 18 COVID-19 patients have recovered, meaning there are no active cases. [49] New Zealand has reported one new case, bringing the total to 1,489 (1,139 confirmed and 350 probable). Health authorities have also reported 16 new recoveries, bringing the total to 1,332. A record 7,323 tests were completed the day ...
France reported that the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients has decreased from 7,062 to 6,983, with the number in intensive care falling from 496 to 492. [ 154 ] Germany reported 159 new cases and 1 death, raising the total numbers to 198,963 and 9,064 respectively, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute .