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The same day, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that an infant in the city of Chicago died after testing positive for COVID-19. [72] Infants made up a small fraction of COVID-19 related deaths worldwide, and this was the first death for any infant in the United States who tested positive for COVID-19 .
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]
On January 20, Chinese authorities announced the confirmation that human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus had already occurred. [19] [20]The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in a 35-year-old American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state.
Misinformation and conspiracy theories related to COVID-19 have been flagged, removed, or restricted by Facebook and Instagram on their respective social media platforms. [73] For instance, Facebook has taken measures to curb false claims about cures and prevention methods. [ 73 ]
On October 27, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a news release listing "ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC" as one of the Trump administration's "accomplishments", [129] at a time when the seven-day U.S. case average (then 70,000/day) was the highest to date.
Asked about his letter to the feds about Cuomo, a rep for Lander said the comptroller was going to bat for Brooklyn constituents whose father died from COVID-19 following a stint in a nursing home.
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in 2019, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 known to have been identified were in Wuhan , Hubei , China , in December 2019.
On January 5, 2021, the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were postponed from January 31 to March 14 due to the COVID-19 situation in Los Angeles. [463] The ceremony featured a mix of live and pre-recorded segments and was filmed without an audience at the Los Angeles Convention Center.