California (2019-nCoV)

Placer County Public Health is reporting that a resident has died of COVID-19. The person, an elderly adult with underlying health conditions, was the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county and is now the first to die from the illness in California. https://www.placer.ca.gov/6438/Death-of-patient-with-COVID-19

A Contra Costa County resident has tested positive for coronavirus, health officials said Tuesday evening. https://www.kcra.com/article/health-officials-1st-coronavirus-case-contra-costa-county/31216682

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Placer County is a health care worker who had close contact with a confirmed case in Solano County https://www.placer.ca.gov/6428/First-confirmed-case-of-COVID-19

The ninth case is an adult male household contact of a previously confirmed case in Santa Clara County. He is also under home isolation. https://www.sccgov.org/sites/phd/news/Pages/two-new-covid-19-cases-3-2-2020.aspx

The eighth case is an adult male household contact of a confirmed case in another county. He is under home isolation. https://www.sccgov.org/sites/phd/news/Pages/two-new-covid-19-cases-3-2-2020.aspx

The sixth and seventh cases are a husband and wife. Both are hospitalized, and the husband has chronic health conditions. The couple has recently traveled to Egypt.

The fifth case is an adult woman with chronic health conditions who is hospitalized

Health Care Worker linked to NorthBay VacaValley Hospital community case transferred to UC Davis

Health Care Worker COVID Confirmed linked to NorthBay VacaValley Hospital

This case is an adult woman who is a household contact of the third Santa Clara County case.

California has a second case of community transmission of the coronavirus, a 65-year-old resident of Santa Clara County who has no known history of travel to countries hit hard by the outbreak, people familiar with the case said Friday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/a-second-case-of-coronavirus-found-through-spread-in-california/2020/02/28/ae53c93a-5a77-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html?tid=lk_inline_manual_4&itid=lk_inline_manual_4

This marks the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Humboldt County. Presently, the ill individuals are doing well and self-isolating at home, while being monitored for symptoms by the Public Health Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control Unit. Close contacts of these individuals will also be quarantined at home and monitored for symptoms by Public Health staff. With the amount of foreign travel by county residents, including travel to China, it is not surprising that a case has emerged locally. https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/84006/20200220---News-Release---COVID-19inHumboldt-PDF

The individual is a resident of Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County. The individual had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known infected individual. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR20-006.aspx

The adult returned from China to the U.S. on February 2. The individual took precautionary measures during travel and has self-quarantined since returning. During the quarantine period, the individual began exhibiting mild symptoms. https://dhs.saccounty.net/PUB/Documents/Communicable-Disease-Control/ME-CoronavirusPressRelease20200221.pdf

First Confirmed Novel Coronavirus Case in Napa County A single case of novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) has been confirmed in Napa County, and is under isolation at Queen of the Valley Medical Center. A second patient with symptoms is under investigation at the hospital. Both patients are not residents of Napa County. The two patients arrived at the Queen of the Valley on Monday from Travis Air Force Base in Solano County. The patients were flown to Travis AFB from Japan, where they were under quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Among the cruise ship passengers flown to Travis AFB, seven were identified as needing testing or hospitalization. Five o…

Five of the seven patients were sent to local hospitals in Solano County. Due to a limited number of isolation beds in Solano County, two patients were transferred to Queen of the Valley. https://www.countyofnapa.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=125

Japan notified United States that 14 of the asymptomatic evacuees that had been tested in Japan were COVID positive.

Japanese doctors returned to test Mohammad Toutounchian, 71, before taking him by ambulance to the hospital. “I asked to be tested too. We were living in the same cabin. But they said they were low on test kits,” said his wife, who is 61. https://www.dailynews.com/2020/02/11/southern-california-man-on-cruise-sent-to-a-hospital-in-tokyo-with-a-high-fever-tested-for-coronavirus/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=tw-ladailynews

CDC today confirmed another infection with 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States in California. The patient is among a group of people under a federal quarantine order because of their recent return to the U.S. on a State Department-chartered flight that arrived on February 7, 2020. All people who have been in Hubei Province in the past 14 days are considered at high risk of having been exposed to COVID-19 and subject to a temporary 14-day quarantine. This is the second person at this base who has tested positive for COVID-19. The first and second patients arrived on different planes and were housed in separate facilities; there are no epidemi…

A patient is being treated for coronavirus at a San Diego UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, according to a local official. It is the first confirmed case in the county since the deadly outbreak began. Officials did not release any details about the patient, including how they contracted the virus or if they possibly exposed others. It is unknown of the county's first coronavirus patient was a part of the 232 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China last week and brought to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to complete a 14-day quarantine. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/first-coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-san-diego-county/2261207/

Two patients with novel coronavirus in San Benito County showed worsening symptoms late Sunday night and were referred for medical evaluation. “It was then determined that both patients needed to be admitted to a hospital equipped for a higher level of care. The patients have been transferred out of San Benito County by specialty ambulance,” said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, San Benito County Health Officer. https://hhsa.cosb.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019-Novel-Coronavirus-Patient-Transferred-Out-of-County-for-Medical-Care-PR02032VF.pdf

nCoV confirmed in 57M San Benito ex-Wuhan who passed it on to wife, 57F, in San Benito County

2nd Santa Clara ex-Wuhan coronavirus case confirmed (unrelated)

The CDC says an adult male resident tested positive for the new coronavirus. He has been self-isolating since he returned from a trip to Wahun on Jan. 24, officials say. https://abc7news.com/health/bay-areas-1st-case-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-santa-clara-co/5895060/