COVID-19: State by State When Stay at Home Orders were Given

The clear majority were all right around March 25th.

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Part of the "Too Little, Too Late" scenario of this coronavirus event is the implementation of "stay at home" orders from governors and locally elected officials. See this summary, See Which States and Cities Have Told Residents to Stay at Home.

There are some early indications that earlier than most action by health authorities in Seattle-King County and their respective elected officials may have helped "bend the curve" to limit the number of infections in the general population.  The next couple of weeks will tell the tale on that. 

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Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.