PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota confirms first 5 coronavirus cases, and 1st death.

[Dennis Donovan]

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota confirms first 5 coronavirus cases, and 1st death.

6:11 PM - Mar 10, 2020

They probably just got their test kits.

[Mike 03]

1. We'll probably break 1,000 (official) cases tonight.

That's shocking that they announced their first cases and the first death on the same day.

[GemDigger]

4. 2 hours ago to the minute I looked and logged the US cases. It was 808 and it is

now at 959. Not only will we break that number, I fear that we will blow it away.

[FreeState]

8. We just passed 1000

On this sites chart (the list and numbers are lagging but you can see the number by mousing over the last dot):

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en

Correction - appears to be bug that they just fixed (max was 1000), now at 995. But we will go well beyond 1000 today as California only has 3 new cases on this site.

[GemDigger]

10. We are pretty close to

exponential growth. I was keeping track of the virus worldwide a couple of weeks ago (2 weeks) when infected was only 64,000 confirmed. It has now more than doubled and working on tripling very soon. Our lawmakers (R's) better hurry up and pray it away or get off their greedy asses and do the right thing.

[FreeState]

11. Yep it doubles every 6 days

Its very scary right now and calling like the flu shows a breakdown in our leaders ability to grasp reality.

[FreeState]

12. 1005 case now n/t

[GemDigger]

14. This place is pretty good for up to the minute new cases.

Scroll down past the maps and they list new cases around the world by time.

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/

[FreeState]

15. Looks like a mirror of this site?

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

(It relies a bit on the CDC so its a bit slower than the link I used above that relies on states).

That being said, chatter from WA says King Counting is shutting down Friday (Level 5).

[Ms. Toad]

16. 975 at the moment.

BUT - comparing today to yesterday will be almost meaningless, since the new cases today are largely just the recognition of cases they were unable to test before.

[TheBlackAdder]

2. That sucks.

[Leghorn21]

3. Just a thing I grabbed off the teevee (updated)

Yes indeedy, when this testing gets going WHENEVER THE FUCK THAT MIGHT BE our little minds will explode at the ###############s

[Dennis Donovan]

6. It seems to be exploding in NY

They just announced that two school bus drivers in Nassau County tested positive for coronavirus. Jesus!

At least they're testing and we're starting to see realistic numbers!

[lapfog_1]

5. 10,000 in 10 days...

this is exponential. 135 to 988 in 7 days.

it won't be 2000 in 7 more...

yes, some of this is due to finally testing more people. but also because so many of us refuse to face reality.

[GulfCoast66]

7. As test kits finally start getting used, 4 weeks to late I might add

I expect the numbers to skyrocket in the next week. Even faster than exponential growth would account for since we are playing catch up.

We can’t make a real plan without knowing where we are in the spread of the disease. Unfortunately this administration can’t make a plan even then.

[PA Democrat]

9. Yeah, it's under control thanks to the bold actions of the very stable genius

We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg thanks to the stunning incompetence of Trump and his team of boot lickers.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Massive Food

Processor in Pierre. Mostly Hispanic workers as well as all their Plants in Huron,and Redfield and Aberdeen.