The markets tanked. DJIA dropped almost 13% by end of day. S&P 500 down almost 12%.
Trump told state governors to basically fend for themselves. “Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment–try getting it yourselves.”
Not sure of the validity of these numbers, but the coverage is impressive:
At 6:01 PM, the NPR map and stats for the US had 4,556 cases and 85 deaths. At 10:30 PM, this counter had 4,702 cases and 93 deaths, so very plausible.
This morning’s trip to the grocery store was not bad. Most items well stocked, but: toilet paper almost gone, meat picked through and at maybe 20%, a guy with at least 12 gallons of milk in his cart. Frozen pizza getting low because of Tech students I’ll assume.
Updated the next day
Here’s an aggregation of counts from several sites that regularly update, listed in ascending order of cases. CDC is the most conservative; Worldometer the most aggressive.
| Site | Cases | Last updated |
| Cases in U.S. (CDC) | 4,226 cases 75 deaths | Tue 17 Mar 2020 |
| Coronavirus in the US: Map, case counts and news (Live Science) | 4,661 cases 85 deaths | Tue 17 Mar 2020 8:00 AM |
| Live Update: At least 100 people in the US have died from coronavirus (CNN) | 5,359 cases 100 deaths | Tue 17 Mar 2020 4:00 PM |
| [LIVE] Coronavirus Pandemic: Real Time Counter, World Map, News (video above) | 5,696 cases 100 deaths | Tue 17 Mar 2020 5:00 PM |
| Coronavirus Resource Center (Johns Hopkins) | 5,894 cases 97 deaths | Tue 17 Mar 2020 5:00 PM |
| United States Coronavirus (Worldometer) | 6,084 cases 101 deaths | Tue 17 Mar 2020 5:00 PM |