This map tracks the coronavirus in real time

Corona virus fears have folks around the world asking what they can do to protect themselves, health officials said. Your best bet is to wash your hands for 20 seconds, but you'll definitely want to wash your hands after touching these five things money. It makes the world go round, and that's the problem. It's touched by a lot of changing hands. Researchers from New York University tested $1 bills from a bank in the Big Apple and found hundreds of microorganisms, bacteria and DNA from pets and viruses. As you make your way out of the bathroom, use a paper towel on the door knob. High traffic areas and objects like doorknobs, handles and handrails can be a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses, Chinese state media reports. The Corona virus was found on a door handle of an infected person's home, meaning the virus can live on surfaces outside the body. The water fountain is a great place to catch up with co workers and to catch a cold. A professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona swab surfaces in several office buildings, results showed the water fountain button is filthy. Write this down. Communal pens are covered in germs that can give you the common cold. Take it from a professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia. Whenever you use a pen at the bank, grocery store or a restaurant, you'll want to wash your hands. Speaking of going out to eat, you'll lose your appetite over this. The same health expert from the University of Arizona says restaurant menus probably have 100 times more bacteria than a typical toilet seat in the restroom.

The number of novel coronavirus cases is changing quickly. A real-time tracking map shows us just how quickly.The map from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering follows coronavirus cases across the world.The dashboard collects data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese website DXY, which aggregates data from China's National Health Commission and the CCDC. The results populate a worldwide view of coronavirus cases in real time. The clickable map pinpoints regions where patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus -- the more cases in a region, the larger its dot on the map.The map tracks deaths, too, in total and by city.Lauren Gardner, director of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering and a civil engineering professor at Johns Hopkins, said the map isn't just a resource for the public. Health officials can download the data, which will inform research on the coronavirus in the future.See the map here"We built this dashboard because we think it is important for the public to have an understanding of the outbreak situation as it unfolds with transparent data sources," she said. "For the research community, this data will become more valuable as we continue to collect it over time."The dashboard also puts the outbreak into perspective: There are more than 125,000 cases worldwide and more than 1,300 cases in the United States.The CDC regularly updates its map of confirmed coronavirus cases, too, though it shows cases by country rather than by region or city.

The number of novel coronavirus cases is changing quickly. A real-time tracking map shows us just how quickly.

from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering follows coronavirus cases across the world.

The dashboard collects data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese website DXY, which aggregates data from China's National Health Commission and the CCDC. The results populate a worldwide view of coronavirus cases in real time.

The clickable map pinpoints regions where patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus -- the more cases in a region, the larger its dot on the map.

The map tracks deaths, too, in total and by city.

Lauren Gardner, director of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering and a civil engineering professor at Johns Hopkins, said the map isn't just a resource for the public. Health officials can download the data, which will inform research on the coronavirus in the future.

"We built this dashboard because we think it is important for the public to have an understanding of the outbreak situation as it unfolds with transparent data sources," she . "For the research community, this data will become more valuable as we continue to collect it over time."

The dashboard also puts the outbreak into perspective: There are more than 125,000 cases worldwide and more than 1,300 cases in the United States.

The CDC regularly updates its, too, though it shows cases by country rather than by region or city.

This map tracks the coronavirus in real time

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