A group of the first-generation Chinese immigrants in the U.S. have built a realtime coronavirus tracker for the U.S. and Canada. 1Point3Acres, their website, has received 10 million visits in the last seven days. Apart from providing accurate updates on case statistics, the website shares the latest news related to the outbreak and encourages online communities to send feedback and news leads. The project was established to bring more transparency to the public and increase awareness about the pandemic, according to their website.

Guo Yu, one of the founders, is from Wuhan. Her extended family and many of her childhood friends are still under lockdown. She lost her uncle to the disease in February.