State: No. suspected cases under investigation*
Alabama: 1
California: 38
Colorado: 5
Connecticut: 2
Florida: 5
Georgia: 2
Hawaii: 5
Illinois: 7
Kansas: 1
Maine: 2
Massachusetts: 4
Michigan: 2
Missouri: 2
Mississippi: 1
Minnesota: 5
New Hampshire: 1
New Jersey: 3
New Mexico: 1
North Carolina: 5
New York: 21
Ohio: 5
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 5
Rhode Island: 1
Texas: 4
Utah: 5
Vermont: 2
Virginia: 2
Washington: 9
Wisconsin: 1
Total suspected cases under investigation: 148
Add AZ to the list. Here in Phoenix, we have a suspected case. A man who recently returned from Hong Kong.
Interestingly enough, I just spoke with an official at our county helath department to see if it was actually a confirmed case. He said no but that we have had
17 suspected cases since March 25th and this person meets much of the criteria.
Basically, he was in panic prevention mode. He tried to tell me that very close contact was needed with the person to become infected. I wasn't trying to appear argumentive or panicked or else I would have told him he really could not say that with much conviction, citing the Amoy Gardens as an example.
Never the less, I asked him what precautions were being taken to make sure our hospital staff's weren't infected and I asked him if the location of the victim would be made known...Ofcourse he said no and that close contact was needed with the victim and all close coontacts would be notified. The hospital and doctor's were on heightened alert. Blah, blah, blah
Well, just to confirm what we already knew..we're on our own.