My best friend, who lives here in CA, is originally (20 years back) from Long Island. She has had 12 friends, and 3 family members die of Covid 19. Long Island was one of the first places hit, and they got hit hard.
Another friend has a daughter in Nevada. She and her co-workers work at a medical facility. 4 days ago, one of the co-workers tested positive, and the entire staff who had been in contact with that person was ordered to isolate. As of this morning, my friend’s daughter tested negative. I haven’t heard the status of the other people, or the person who first tested positive.
I’m pretty sure two of my 50 something friends had it back in January, but neither of them were tested. I’ve heard of quite a few people in the LA area having “lingering mystery illnesses” that involved a lot of coughing and flu-like symptoms for several months, even as early as last October. One of these friends used to work as an Uber driver and routinely picked up international passengers at LAX. The other one (both of these people are friends with each other) works at a church an had contact with lots of people. But up until around March, no one knew to quarantine and there were no tests, and getting tested now, even, is not easy.