The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in California is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of California was confirmed on January 26. A state of emergency has been in place in the state since March 4. A mandatory statewide stay-at-home order was issued on March 19. As of April 26, 2020, the California Department of Public Health says that there have been 43,464 confirmed cases and 1,755 deaths in the state.
During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of New York was confirmed on March 1, 2020. As of April 28, 2020, there have been 845,000 tests, of which there were 295,000 confirmed cases in the state, and of those 17,638 people have died. New York has the highest number of confirmed cases of any state in the United States, with three times as many cases as neighboring New Jersey and eight times that of neighboring Pennsylvania.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts is part of an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The first confirmed case was reported on February 1, 2020, and the number of cases began increasing rapidly on March 5. Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency on March 10. By March 12, over 100 people had tested positive for the virus. Most early cases were traceable to a company meeting held in Boston in late February by the Cambridge-based biotechnology firm Biogen. Massachusetts is third in the U.S. for overall number of cases statewide. As of April 28, 2020, there were 58,302 confirmed cases and 3,153 deaths due to COVID-19. Massachusetts had performed 254,500 tests, 22.9% of which were positive.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Maryland in March 2020. The first three cases of the virus were reported in Montgomery County on March 5, 2020. As of April 28, 2020, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) reported 20,113 positive cases and 929 deaths in the state, with 1,295 patients released from isolation. All of the state's 23 counties and the independent city of Baltimore have at least one coronavirus case.
The 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Oregon on February 28, 2020.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Alaska on March 12, 2020.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was reported to have reached the U.S. state of Delaware on March 11, 2020, in New Castle County. As of April 28, 2020, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services has confirmed 4,575 positive cases and 137 deaths in the state, with 1,096 people being fully recovered.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Indiana in March 6, 2020. As of April 28, 2020, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) had confirmed 16,588 cases in the state and 901 deaths.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which first appeared in the U.S. state of Michigan on March 10. As of April 28, 39,262 cases have been reported by the state, as well as 3,567 deaths. Michigan has the seventh highest number of cases in the United States. Currently, 78 of Michigan's 83 counties have been impacted, located within both the Lower and Upper Peninsulas. On March 27, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams dubbed Metro Detroit, which has a large majority of the cases, a “hot spot”. As of April 24, 8,342 people in the state have recovered from COVID-19.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Missouri in March 2020. As of April 27, 2020, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed 7,171 cases and 288 deaths in the state.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. state of Nebraska is part of an ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. As of April 27, 2020, the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) has confirmed 3,358 cases and 55 deaths in the state.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in March 2020. As of April 27, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed 42,050 cases and 1,597 deaths in the state.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. state of Rhode Island is part of an ongoing worldwide viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. As of April 28, 2020, there are 7,926 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island, 266 of which are hospitalized, and 239 reported deaths.
The viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2020 (COVID-19) in the U.S. state of Utah began in early March with the first travel-related cases. Residents stockpiled goods, large conferences were cancelled, a state of emergency was declared, and all public universities and colleges switched to online classes. After the first case of community spread was found on March 14, Utah faced a shortage of testing kits, and public schools were ordered closed. Community spread was confirmed in more counties, and the state issued a public health order prohibiting dine-in service in restaurants and gatherings of more than 10 individuals except in grocery stores. A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Wasatch Front on March 18, hampering the pandemic response. In late March, the state directed all people to voluntarily stay at home as much as possible. Salt Lake, Davis, Weber/Morgan, Tooele, Summit, and Wasatch counties directed people to stay at home except for essential activities. In early April, the state ordered all adults entering the state to fill out an online travel declaration.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Alabama in March 2020. As of April 23, 2020, the Alabama Department of Public Health reported 5,677 cases of COVID-19 and 197 confirmed deaths.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ontario is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first identified case of COVID-19 in Canada during the 2019–20 worldwide pandemic occurred in the Canadian province of Ontario after it arrived on January 22, 2020, when a man returned to Toronto from travel in China, including Wuhan; the case was announced on January 25. The government announced on March 17 that Ontario had "some evidence of community transmission" of COVID-19.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Idaho is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The first case of COVID-19 in Idaho was confirmed on March 13, 2020, when a Boise woman tested positive. She recently had attended a conference in New York City where officials confirmed that three other attendees previously tested positive with the coronavirus infection. As of April 27, there were 1,917 confirmed cases and 58 deaths within Idaho.
The first COVID-19 case was confirmed in New York City in March 2020 in a woman who had recently traveled to New York City from Iran, a country seriously affected already by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic at the time. Nearly a month later, the metropolitan area was the worst-affected area in the country, with its medical infrastructure overtaxed.
The following is a timeline of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
Rachel L. Levine is an American leading pediatrics, disease and virus expert who is currently the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health. She was previously Pennsylvania's Physician General. She is one of only a handful of transgender government officials in the United States.
