Chart I below shows related events, background, and some pre-2020 government reports on the planning for and possibility of pandemics.
Chart II below tracks the timeline of major statements about COVID-19 (coronavirus) made by President Donald Trump. Some events and the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths each day are included to add context.
Sources:
- The number of cases by day in the United States is taken from the CDC website page titled “Cases in the U.S.” available at cdc.gov. The case numbers included here reflect the numbers presented by the CDC for a given day when added to this chart. The CDC does not appear to provide the number of US COVID-19 deaths by day.
- The source for the number of US coronavirus deaths per day shown in this chart is Worldometer, “United States,” worldometers.info (accessed Apr. 29, 2020 for historical data then daily going forward).
Editor’s Note:
A death in Washington state on Feb. 29, 2020 was considered to be the first coronavirus death on US soil until evidence was announced on Apr. 21, 2020 indicating that someone died from coronavirus on Feb. 6 in California.