85 Thousand Cases
By Bojel
@jobelbojel (36041)
Philippines
March 27, 2020 3:13pm CST
The world third most populous country, the US, has 85,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassing China.
It is alarming that the number went up this big.
Stay safe America. We are also battling the virus. My province is already on lockdown. My hometown, reported 1 case and the village announced extreme enhanced quarantine. The village where I grew is connected by two bridges, we are in between bridges. Both bridges are closed.
In Manila, we are observing the extreme enhanced quarantine.
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@kanuck1 (4434)
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30 Mar 20
@jobelbojel We can pray but it won't happen. Prayer is good but it will not cancel laziness, neglect and foolishness. I can pray all I want but if the needle is showing low fuel I need to put gasoline in the tank.
USA is up to 146,027 and it looks like it will grow a lot more. 
@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
27 Mar 20
We should really follow shelter-in-place order. We must go out only if required.
That's unfortunate for you. So how are you managing your groceries and stuffs?
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
28 Mar 20
@jobelbojel Oh I understand. Just stock it up with things whenever possible. I mean I don't recommend overstocking but then whatever we might really need. :-)
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
30 Mar 20
@smileyhema that is correct. We need to be ready. I went out today to check what is going outside. It is like normal day. There are lots of vehicles.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
We are near the grocery. 2 min walk I think. I was out Tuesday and Wednesday to buy food and stock.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
30 Mar 20
It is increasing as more testing kits are supplied to us.
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@LindaOHio (181666)
• United States
27 Mar 20
The totals will continue to rise rapidly as more testing is done.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
That is what I heard. We also need more testing kits here. There are about 200 people being tested daily here compared to other countries, they are testing thousand people.
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
27 Mar 20
The number is actually over 100,000 cases reported in the United States. But again, just trying to keep things in perspective. The population of Italy is roughly 60.5 million people. They have 86,498 cases reported as of this writing. That's 0.1429719008% of their population.
The United States has roughly 350 million people. With 100,390 cases that's 0.0286851429% of the population. That number is SUBSTANTIALLY lower than the rate in Italy by leaps and bounds. I am not saying it's a GOOD number in the US. BUT, when we are spitting out numbers we also have to be making comparisons that account for the total number of people in the country.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
That is a good point. If we get more testing done here in the Philippines, we will have an increase numbers. Most people are out during the Enhanced Community Quarantine.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
It has gone really crazy and this demon virus should be stopped.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
It will come I believe. We can fight this demon virus
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@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Mar 20
Wasnt a first place I wanted to see.
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
This pandemic is really crippling the economy, the businesses and us people.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
27 Mar 20
Yes, so frightening numbers!But in our country, if so many people got tested, ours stats will also rise! So good you are locked in your hometown!
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
Yes, they are on lockdown but me and brother are here in Manila
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@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
It is now more than 100k. Because they have more testing kits and they are advanced unlike in the Philippines. We only have limited testing kits.
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