What I'm really confused about is that there is a lockdown but everyday I'm still getting report of people who got infected. So I keep wondering how those people became infected or are they people that came in contact with those that were formally infected? Or maybe they are those that are observing the lockdown and still hanging outside.
Some people are violating the quarantines. It's also still spreading through "essential" infrastructure like public transit, supermarkets, banks, and so on. People working essential jobs or going shopping get infected and bring it back to their households.
The biggest factor is probably this: Scientists have discovered that coronavirus could linger in patients for more than a month, which means it’s possible they could transmit the virus long after symptoms subside.
The duration of viral shedding — which is the length of time the virus can be transmitted from someone infected — was found in one instance to be 37 days after the person contracted the illness. The median duration was 20 days.
That means the 2-week isolation measures pushed by the WHO and CDC may not be nearly enough. The virus is really infectious because it can be spread for weeks by people who don't show symptoms.