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Coronavirus cases could reach 64,000 in Washington state by May, governor says
CNBC
TUE, MAR 10 20203:30 PM EDT UPDATED MOMENTS AGO
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Washington state COVID-19 cases could reach 64,000 by May if health officials and the public fail to take action to stop the spread now, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday.
The Evergreen State has 162 confirmed coronavirus cases across eight counties as of Monday night, but infectious disease experts say the actual number could be closer to 1,000 or more, he said.
Washington state COVID-19 cases could reach 64,000 by May if health officials and the public aren’t able to contain the outbreak now, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday.
The Evergreen State has at least 162 confirmed coronavirus cases across eight counties as of Monday night, but infectious disease experts say the actual number could be closer to 1,000 or more, Inslee said at a press conference.
He said public health officials have not tested all 7.5 million residents in the state, and experts believe there are “many, many other people today in Washington state” who have the virus but don’t have symptoms and haven’t been diagnosed yet.
“If we assume there are 1,000 or more people who have the virus today, what the experts are telling us, in an epidemic like this, looking at the characteristics of this virus, people who are infected will double anywhere from five to eight days,” he said. “If you do that math, it gets very disturbing.”
“When something doubles every day, it gets to a very large number very quickly. If there are 1,000 people infected today, in seven or eight weeks, there could be 64,000 people infected in the state of Washington,” he said.
Inslee declared a state of emergency last month after the state reported its first death from the virus — a man in his 50s from King County with underlying health conditions.
The Evergreen State has at least 162 confirmed coronavirus cases across eight counties as of Monday night, but infectious disease experts say the actual number could be closer to 1,000 or more, Inslee said at a press conference.
He said public health officials have not tested all 7.5 million residents in the state, and experts believe there are “many, many other people today in Washington state” who have the virus but don’t have symptoms and haven’t been diagnosed yet.
“If we assume there are 1,000 or more people who have the virus today, what the experts are telling us, in an epidemic like this, looking at the characteristics of this virus, people who are infected will double anywhere from five to eight days,” he said. “If you do that math, it gets very disturbing.”
“When something doubles every day, it gets to a very large number very quickly. If there are 1,000 people infected today, in seven or eight weeks, there could be 64,000 people infected in the state of Washington,” he said.
Inslee declared a state of emergency last month after the state reported its first death from the virus — a man in his 50s from King County with underlying health conditions.
More here: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/10/coronavirus-cases-could-reach-64000-in-washington-state-by-may-governor-says.html
This seems to be in general line with calculations DUers have been making. It's really astounding how serious this is getting.
We're getting down to the nuts and bolts of this thing now.
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