Confirmed cases of coronavirus in the USA. (click here) 

February 7, 2020
By Sara G. Miller and Jiachuan Wu

As the coronavirus (click here) continues to spread in China, U.S. health officials are closely monitoring for cases in the United States.

This map will be updated as more cases in the U.S. are confirmed. As of Feb. 7, there were 12: six in California, two in Illinois, and one each in Arizona, Washington state, Massachusetts and Wisconsin....

The pictures coming out of China are somewhat disturbing. There are rows and rows of hospital beds, but, no evidence of treatment, so much as isolation. Additionally, the governor of Hubei states the shortage of supplies is about barrier methods to keep the healthy from being contaminated by the ill. Yesterday 86 people died (click here). Yesterday it was 75. Are these hospitals only supplying clean sheets for the ill detected to have the coronavirus? What measures are being taken so that every patient has a chance to live?

WUHAN, Feb. 5, 2020 -- Patients infected with the novel coronavirus are seen at a makeshift hospital converted from an exhibition center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 5, 2020. The first makeshift hospital converted from an exhibition center in China's epidemic-hit Wuhan city began accepting patients Wednesday. The hospital can provide about 1,600 beds to infected patients.

The vice governor of Hubei province (click here)  said that the region's supply of medical goods had improved but could still tighten if the epidemic worsens.

Speaking at an evening press briefing in Wuhan, Cao Guangjing said Hubei's major providers of protective gear - such as masks and protective suits - had all returned to work on February 7 but some smaller plants had still not fully resumed production.

"The shortage still exists," but may end if there is a turning point in the crisis, Cao said. "If the numbers keep rising, the tightness will continue and may increase."