Here’s the background on Patient Zero: 

Looking Back: America’s First 100 Days With Covid-19: 

The CDC’s latest report compiles what we’ve learned about COVID-19 in America from the very first case in January through the end of May.

: First case of COVID-19 confirmed in Washington State. The patient was a man who had recently traveled to Wuhan, China – the site of the first outbreak.

: 1.7M+ confirmed cases.
*The CDC has *some* demographic information on an est. 1.3M cases.

“…pandemic continues to be severe.”

your risk of exposure differs on your specific community

, nationwide incidents of COVID-19 is 403 cases per 100,000 people.

Women and men have roughly equal incidents of COVID-19.

However, men are more likely to have “severe outcomes” – i.e. higher rates of hospitalizations and death.

6x more likely to require hospitalizations

 than those without pre-existing conditions.

The most common pre-existing conditions: 

: Incidents of COVID-19 HIGHER among 40-59 year-olds (and specifically among 50-59-year-olds) than those 60-79 years old.

: Highest incidents among those older than 80 and lowest in children younger than 9.

Most common symptoms: 70% reported fever, cough or shortness of breath.

Those with no symptoms of COVID-19 = 4% of cases.

The CDC theorizes one of the reasons why those under 19 have dramatically lower known rates of infection may be because of unreported, “undiagnosed milder or asymptomatic illnesses.”

Pre-existing conditions remain a major factor for serious cases of COVID-19. Data continues to show Hispanic and Black Americans are disproportionately affected by the new coronavirus. Limits on data (less than half of all cases included info on race, fewer on health conditions) inhibit CDC's explanation as to why.