The first confirmed case in the United States of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was announced on January 21, 2020. By March 12, 2020, diagnosed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the U.S. exceeded 1,000.[3] Of the 40 deaths in the country, 31 had occurred in the state of Washington, with 13 of those at a nursing home.[4] Cases have been confirmed in 47 out of the 50 U.S. states, and the District of Columbia.