lucia on 13 march 2020. on 22 april 2020, it was announced that all confirmed cases had recovered. on 28 april 2020, two new cases were discovered. as of 11 october 2021, saint lucia reported 12,017 total cases, 837 active cases, and 224 deaths. infections increased ten times between january and march. saint vincent and the grenadines main article: covid-19 pandemic in saint vincent and the grenadines on 11 march 2020, saint vincent and the grenadines confirmed its first case. st. vincent and grenadines registered its first covid-19 death in 2021 and by 1 march had eight deaths. trinidad and tobago main article: covid-19 pandemic in trinidad and tobago on 12 march 2020, trinidad and tobago confirmed its first case of covid-19. it was a 52-year-old man who had recently been to switzerland. he was self-isolated before he began experiencing symptoms of covid-19. as of 13 january 2021, trinidad and tobago reported 7,305 total cases, 285 active cases, and 129 deaths. this comes out to 92 deaths per one million population. united states covid-19 cases per 100,000 people by state, as of july 11 2022 main article: covid-19 pandemic in the united stateson 17 january 2020, the cdc announced that it would begin screening passengers arriving from wuhan, china, for symptoms of the new virus, at the john f. kennedy international airport, the san francisco international airport and the los angeles international airport, beginning saturday, 18 january on 20 january 2020, the united states confirmed its first case, of a 35-year-old man who had returned on 15 january to the state of washington after visiting family in wuhan, china. the man sought clinical assistance on 19 january. on 27 february 2020, the cdc reported a case in california which may be the first instance of community transmission in the us. on 29 february 2020, officials of washington state confirmed the first reported death from covid-19 in the us. by 11 march 2020, the u.s. had tested fewer than 10,000 people. by the end of the month, over 1,000,000 people had been tested. however, health experts stated that this level of testing was still inadequate. on 26 march 2020, the united states surpassed china and italy as the country with the most confirmed covid-19 cases, with a figure above 82,000. the u.s. federal government's health inspectors surveyed 323 hospitals in late march; reporting "severe shortages" of test supplies, "widespread shortages" of personal protective equipment (ppe), and other strained resources due to extended patient stays while awaiting test results. on 11 april 2020, the united states surpassed italy as the country with the most confirmed covid-19 deaths, with a total of over 20,000. the u.s. also became the first to record 2,000 deaths in a single day. wyoming became the 50th state to be issued a disaster declaration. by 20 april 2020, the federal government stated it was conducting 150,000 tests per day, and claimed that this number would be enough to allow for schools and businesses to reopen. health experts estimate that 500,000 to 1,000,000 tests per day would be needed to properly track the spread of the covid-19, to avoid a new wave of infections. on 1 october 2020 it was announced first that hope hicks had tested positive, and a few hours later it was announced that both president donald trump and first lady melania had tested positive for covid-19, who were all part of the broader white house covid-19 outbreak. both trumps recovered from the disease. on 9 november 2020, the u.s. surpassed 10 million covid-19 cases, according to data from johns hopkins. on 11 december 2020, the united states food and drug administration (fda) authorized for the emergency use of the pfizer-biontech covid-19 vaccine. following the issuing, it was estimated that 20,000,000 could be vaccinated over the course of a few weeks. as of 17 february 2021, the u.s. has recorded more than 27 million cases of covid-19; 483,000 have died.