Interactive Map: Latest U.S. Coronavirus Cases

Thanks to this interactive tool created by Johns Hopkins University, U.S. residents can easily track how many confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in their state to date. Created by the university's Centers for Systems Science and Engineering, the map tracks confirmed cases, overall cases and the number of deaths.

The dashboard was created to visualize and track reported cases of coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, in real time. It also provides researchers, public health authorities and the general public with a user-friendly tool to track the outbreak as it unfolds.

See the latest global and U.S. confirmed cases and deaths from Johns Hopkins.

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For cases in the United States, the Johns Hopkins team curates data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state health departments.

COVID-19 is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that's a close cousin to the SARS and MERS viruses that have caused outbreaks in the past. The symptoms are similar to seasonal influenza, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Both are infectious respiratory illnesses, but they're caused by different viruses.

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