
(CNN)The first US case of the coronavirus was reported January 21 — a Washington state man who had recently returned from China. Now, the country has at least 82,250 cases across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
At least 1,196 people have died, including 385 in New York, 149 in Washington state and 83 in Louisiana.
CNN’s tallies are based on totals reported by states, US territories and the District of Columbia. As a result, they won’t always match numbers reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC updates its tallies only on weekdays, and those counts end at 4 p.m. ET the day before reporting. CDC officials said the most recent numbers will come from the…
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