How is everyone doing today? I wanted to start off by shedding some knowledge on our most recent outbreak and the widely talked about Coronavirus (COVID-19). As of right now there are 79,737 people that have been infected with the Coronavirus, now of those many cases 2,628 people have died. This number is rising daily. In COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV.” (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html)

What is the source of this vicious virus you might be wondering? COVID-19 Stems from a large family of common viruses. This family of viruses can cause illness in both animals and humans. Rarely these animal viruses infect humans. This is what the CDC suspects.

What animal you might be wondering? “Researchers in Guangzhou, China, have suggested that pangolins — long-snouted, ant-eating mammals often used in traditional Chinese medicine — are the probable animal source of the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 40,000 people. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00364-2

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#page-top

Coronavirus Cases:

79,737view by country

Deaths:

2,628

Recovered:

25,271

If this doesn’t scare you I don’t know what does. This post was just some brief information on what this virus has done so far. Next week I will be speaking about symptoms of the virus, then get into prevention! Thank you!