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The first report of a COVID-19 case in the U.S. appeared publicly on January 20. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immediately activated its Emergency Operations Center to respond to the outbreak in Wuhan.
The earliest confirmed American death occurred in Santa Clara County, California by February 6. That patient was a 57-year-old woman whose death went unreported by the CDC until April 21.
On the 4th of May 2022, the U.S. death toll reached one million, which is the largest recorded death toll in any single country. The White House confirmed this mark with a presidential proclamation ordering flags flown at half-staff through May 16.
Hospitals in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Texas exceeded 90% ICU capacity by late August. This surge coincided with Delta accounting for 99 percent of all cases in August.
The economy contracted 4.8 percent from January through March 2020 following an economic cycle peak in February 2020. During the second quarter of 2020, GDP fell at an annualized rate of 32.9 percent.