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Staff of "Food and Friends," a food distribution service for people with life-challenging illnesses, practice social distancing by standing a clear distance apart as they listen to Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speak about the city's response to the coronavirus, Monday, March 16, 2020.
- The US has surpassed China as the world's largest hotspot for coronavirus transmission, with more than 100,000 confirmed cases.
- But there are early signs that the social distancing measures Americans are taking, by staying away from others, are working.
- Nationwide, rates of unseasonably high fevers are down according to thermometer company Kinsa, a sign that fewer people may be contracting the novel coronavirus from one another.
- In New York, though, morgues are still overloaded and ERs are packed.
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With more than 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, the US has now surpassed China's confirmed total case count, becoming the new international hotspot for COVID-19.
Across the US, people are hunkering down, being advised to avoid coming within six feet of their neighbors and friends, and washing their hands more than ever before. The state and city populations affected by some kind of stay-at-home order add up to approximately 160 million people - about 49% of the US population.
There are some preliminary, promising signs these measures may be working to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country.
Nothing suggests that it's safe to go back to business as usual, but nationwide temperature-taking data from thermometer company Kinsa, which charts where "atypical" feverish illnesses (like COVID-19) are spiking, suggests the country may be headed in the right direction.
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