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Coronavirus Is Surging: How Severe Is Your State’s Outbreak?

To compare state outbreaks, this site has charts with graphs trend lines for average new daily cases and deaths against each state’s totals to date. This type of visualization highlights a state’s daily growth or decline relative to the overall size of its outbreak.

Key indicators of COVID-19 activity in King County

This dashboard provides a snapshot of several useful indicators, or measures, related to COVID-19 activity in our community and its impact on our health and our hospitals. These indicators, along with many other data, are key considerations for reviewing current restrictions on activity, recommendations and precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The indicators help determine if current actions are adequate, need to be strengthened, or might be carefully relaxed.

How long does coronavirus live on surfaces?

Touching any surface suddenly seems dangerous in the era of the coronavirus. Fingers might pick up the microbe, which could lead to COVID-19 — the illness spreading around the world — when a person touches his or her face. On the other hand, transmission of novel coronavirus to persons from surfaces contaminated with the virus has not been documented. Recent studies indicate that people who are infected but do not have symptoms likely also play a larger role in the spread of COVID-19.

A Guide: How To Prepare Your Home For Coronavirus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling Americans that they should be prepared for the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in their community. But what does preparedness look like in practice? The short answer: Don’t panic — but do prepare. That “means not only contingency planning but also good old-fashioned preparedness planning for your family,” says Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University. In other words, what you’d do in case of a possible hurricane or another natural disaster.

COVID-19 safety: Tips for doctor’s appointments, restaurants, and etcetera.

As communities change stay-at-home restrictions, it’s important to keep taking steps to protect yourself from COVID-19. Find out how to safely travel, visit restaurants, go to the gym, doctor’s appointments and more during reopening.