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Passenger from the Grand Princess cruise ship (Feb 11-Feb 21) San Francisco to Mexico, has tested positive for COVID-19

Public Health news and blog COVID-19 update from Public Health – Seattle & King County March 5, 2020 Summary This is a critical moment in the growing outbreak of COVID-19 in King County. All King County residents should follow Public Health recommendations. Together, we may potentially impact the spread of the disease in our community. Public Health – Seattle & King County announces today 20 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in King County residents. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 51, including 10 deaths. Story Local officials announced this week new recommendations to King County residents aimed at reducing their risk of exposure to COVID-19. We made these recommendations in consultation with CDC based on the best information we have currently to protect the public's health. Public Health urges residents to follow these recommendations: People at higher risk of severe illness should stay home and away from large groups of people as much as possible, including public places with lots of people and large gatherings where there will be close contact with others. People at higher risk include: People 60 and older People with underlying health conditions including heart disease, lung disease, or diabetes People who have weakened immune systems People who are pregnant Workplaces should enact measures that allow people who can work from home to do so. Taking these measures can help reduce the number of workers who come into contact with people with COVID-19 and help minimize absenteeism due to illness. Some people need to be at work to provide essential services of great benefit to the community. They can also take steps in their workplaces to minimize risk. If you can feasibly avoid bringing large groups of people together, consider postponing events and gatherings. Public Health is not recommending closing schools at this time unless there has been a confirmed case in the school. All people should not go out when they are sick. Avoid visiting hospitals, long term care facilities, or nursing homes to the extent possible. If you need to go, limit your time there and keep six feet away from patients. More detail on these measures will be available at www.kingcounty.gov/covid Additional information about school recommendations: Public Health is not currently recommending that schools proactively close unless they have a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a staff member or student. This guidance may have been confusing for some families and schools because schools bring together large groups of children. School closures have significant negative impacts on our community. We will be providing additional information to schools about how to stay open safely. The considerations we have taken in our decision not to currently recommend routine closure at schools include: Children are not known to get seriously ill from COVID-19 Closing schools may not be effective because some children may congregate anyway, at other locations Many parents, such as healthcare workers, need to be at work. If these critical workers stay home with children it causes significant impacts on the healthcare system and other institutions that are essential for our community to function If schools close, some children might have to stay home with alternative caregivers, such as elders, who are more vulnerable We don't know how effective children are in spreading this disease Some children and staff may be at higher risk for severe illness because of underlying health conditions or a weakened immune system. Public Health advises that those people consult with their healthcare provider to decide the best course of action. Public Health also respects each individual school's decisions about closures, postponement of activities, or other social distancing measures – as each school knows the needs of their community best. Public Health is continually assessing our decision not to require the widespread closure of schools. We are continually evaluating information as it becomes available to better inform our decisions about proactive schools closure. Case update: COVID-19 test results have come back from a variety of laboratories confirming 20 new cases of COVID-19 in King County residents including one death in a case previously reported by Public Health. This new death was in a woman in her 90s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth. She died on 3/3/20. With these 20 new results, the total number of cases in King County is 51. The total number of deaths is ten. As more laboratory capacity for testing comes online, more tests and results will be reported. We will no longer be routinely providing details about each case. King County Novel Coronavirus Call Center: If you are in King County and believe you were exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19, or if you're a healthcare provider with questions about COVID-19, contact our novel coronavirus call center: 206-477-3977. The call center will be open daily from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM PT. For general concerns and questions about COVID-19, please call the Washington State Novel Coronavirus Call Center at 800-525-0127. When to seek medical evaluation and advice: If you have symptoms like cough, fever, or other respiratory problems, call your healthcare provider. Do not go to the emergency room. Emergency rooms need to be able to serve those with the most critical needs. If you are having a medical emergency, call 9-1-1. In addition to the recommendations listed above, the public can help: Do not go to the emergency room unless essential. Emergency rooms need to be able to serve those with the most critical needs. If you have symptoms like cough, fever, or other respiratory problems, contact your regular doctor first. Stay home when sick. Practice excellent personal hygiene habits, including handwashing, coughing into tissue or elbow, avoid touching eyes, nose, or mouth. Stay away from people who are ill, especially if you are 60 and older or have underlying health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, or a weakened immune system, or if you are pregnant. Stay informed. Information is changing frequently. Check and subscribe to Public Health's website (www.kingcounty.gov/COVID) or blog (www.publichealthinsider.com). Remember to take every day preventive action such as washing hands, and if you are sick stay home. During an outbreak with a new virus there is a lot of uncertainty. Our guidance and advice is subject to change as we learn more. We will continue to keep you updated. Last Updated March 5, 2020

This new death was in a woman in her 90s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth. She died on 3/3/20. With these 20 new results, the total number of cases in King County is 51. The total number of deaths is ten. https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/news/2020/March/5-slowing-the-impact.aspx

Public Health news and blog COVID-19 update from Public Health – Seattle & King County March 5, 2020 Summary This is a critical moment in the growing outbreak of COVID-19 in King County. All King County residents should follow Public Health recommendations. Together, we may potentially impact the spread of the disease in our community. Public Health – Seattle & King County announces today 20 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in King County residents. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 51, including 10 deaths. Story Local officials announced this week new recommendations to King County residents aimed at reducing their risk of exposure to COVID-19. We made these recommendations in consultation with CDC based on the best information we have currently to protect the public's health. Public Health urges residents to follow these recommendations: People at higher risk of severe illness should stay home and away from large groups of people as much as possible, including public places with lots of people and large gatherings where there will be close contact with others. People at higher risk include: People 60 and older People with underlying health conditions including heart disease, lung disease, or diabetes People who have weakened immune systems People who are pregnant Workplaces should enact measures that allow people who can work from home to do so. Taking these measures can help reduce the number of workers who come into contact with people with COVID-19 and help minimize absenteeism due to illness. Some people need to be at work to provide essential services of great benefit to the community. They can also take steps in their workplaces to minimize risk. If you can feasibly avoid bringing large groups of people together, consider postponing events and gatherings. Public Health is not recommending closing schools at this time unless there has been a confirmed case in the school. All people should not go out when they are sick. Avoid visiting hospitals, long term care facilities, or nursing homes to the extent possible. If you need to go, limit your time there and keep six feet away from patients. More detail on these measures will be available at www.kingcounty.gov/covid Additional information about school recommendations: Public Health is not currently recommending that schools proactively close unless they have a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a staff member or student. This guidance may have been confusing for some families and schools because schools bring together large groups of children. School closures have significant negative impacts on our community. We will be providing additional information to schools about how to stay open safely. The considerations we have taken in our decision not to currently recommend routine closure at schools include: Children are not known to get seriously ill from COVID-19 Closing schools may not be effective because some children may congregate anyway, at other locations Many parents, such as healthcare workers, need to be at work. If these critical workers stay home with children it causes significant impacts on the healthcare system and other institutions that are essential for our community to function If schools close, some children might have to stay home with alternative caregivers, such as elders, who are more vulnerable We don't know how effective children are in spreading this disease Some children and staff may be at higher risk for severe illness because of underlying health conditions or a weakened immune system. Public Health advises that those people consult with their healthcare provider to decide the best course of action. Public Health also respects each individual school's decisions about closures, postponement of activities, or other social distancing measures – as each school knows the needs of their community best. Public Health is continually assessing our decision not to require the widespread closure of schools. We are continually evaluating information as it becomes available to better inform our decisions about proactive schools closure. Case update: COVID-19 test results have come back from a variety of laboratories confirming 20 new cases of COVID-19 in King County residents including one death in a case previously reported by Public Health. This new death was in a woman in her 90s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth. She died on 3/3/20. With these 20 new results, the total number of cases in King County is 51. The total number of deaths is ten. As more laboratory capacity for testing comes online, more tests and results will be reported. We will no longer be routinely providing details about each case. King County Novel Coronavirus Call Center: If you are in King County and believe you were exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19, or if you're a healthcare provider with questions about COVID-19, contact our novel coronavirus call center: 206-477-3977. The call center will be open daily from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM PT. For general concerns and questions about COVID-19, please call the Washington State Novel Coronavirus Call Center at 800-525-0127. When to seek medical evaluation and advice: If you have symptoms like cough, fever, or other respiratory problems, call your healthcare provider. Do not go to the emergency room. Emergency rooms need to be able to serve those with the most critical needs. If you are having a medical emergency, call 9-1-1. In addition to the recommendations listed above, the public can help: Do not go to the emergency room unless essential. Emergency rooms need to be able to serve those with the most critical needs. If you have symptoms like cough, fever, or other respiratory problems, contact your regular doctor first. Stay home when sick. Practice excellent personal hygiene habits, including handwashing, coughing into tissue or elbow, avoid touching eyes, nose, or mouth. Stay away from people who are ill, especially if you are 60 and older or have underlying health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, or a weakened immune system, or if you are pregnant. Stay informed. Information is changing frequently. Check and subscribe to Public Health's website (www.kingcounty.gov/COVID) or blog (www.publichealthinsider.com). Remember to take every day preventive action such as washing hands, and if you are sick stay home. During an outbreak with a new virus there is a lot of uncertainty. Our guidance and advice is subject to change as we learn more. We will continue to keep you updated. Last Updated March 5, 2020 https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/news/2020/March/5-slowing-the-impact.aspx

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/5/2020 TO: Grant County healthcare providers, infection control staff, supervisory nursing staff, clinic management, school nurses. Grant County Emergency Management Grant County Media FOR INFORMATION CONTACT Maria Vargas, Community Public Health Manager 509-766-7960 ext. 19 COVID-19 Test Presumptive Positive in Grant County Resident at Central Washington Hospital; Patient at Samaritan Hospital Negative for the Virus and Quarantines Lifted GRANT COUNTY, WA – GCHD was notified late Wednesday evening that a Grant County Resident being treated for possible COVID-19 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee is presumptive positive for the virus. Testing was conducted at the University of Washington and is waiting for confirmation at the State Public Health Lab. The patient is isolated in critical condition. If confirmed, this will be the first case of COVID-19 from Grant County, and the first detection of COVID-19 on the east side of our state. The individual, a resident of Quincy in their eighties, did not report any recent travel outside the county, indicating the illness may have been acquired locally. Those who had close contact with the patient have been asked to quarantine. The investigation for the source continues. The patient tested for COVID-19 from Samaritan Hospital was negative and quarantines for those exposed to that patient were lifted. See Samaritan Hospital’s release here: https://bit.ly/32XAAcn These two patients are the ones reported as possible cases earlier in the week. Currently, there are no new patients from Grant County under official investigation of COVID-19, but we expect that to change as this global situation continues to evolve. On the west side of the state, cases of COVID-19 continue to rise—39 cases total, 10 deaths—and it is likely that more cases will be confirmed in our communities in the future. GCHD, together with its healthcare, emergency management and law enforcement partners, has been working aggressively to respond to this threat. However, help from everyone is needed at this time to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities and reduce the number of people impacted. GCHD is asking that the public do their part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 by doing the following: http://granthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/presumptive-positive-COVID-19-PUI-MediaRelease_3_5_20.pdf

Mar 4 Grand Princess Cruise Ship San Francisco to Ensenada Mexico Ended Feb 21 Two passengers COVID positive (Solano and Placer Co) Placer Co passenger died (first CA death) 2500 passengers - half in CA Tracing found that 62 signed up for another cruise on same ship Second cruise SF-->Hawaii-->Ensenada Mexico-->SF Diverted from Ensenada to return to SF Off SF coast 20 on board symptomatic (10 passengers and 10 crew) Flying test kits to ship Conspiracy Hoaxes Bioweapon because of: polybasic cleavage site (natural found in high path H5 and H7 can change DURING outbreak) HIV inserts (poorly designed Genbank search - preprint WITHDRAWN) Cluster in Westchester Co (New Rochelle) 1000 test per day Numbers will explode http://mediaarchives.gsradio.net/rense/special/rense_030420_hr3.mp3

These numbers will be updated daily at 11 a.m. 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Washington Positive (confirmed) * † 70 Deaths 10 * Positive Snohomish County - 18, including 1 death King County - 51, including 9 deaths Grant County - 1 case † Please contact the local health department for information. Number of People Under Public Health Supervision Number of people under public health supervision ‡ 231 ‡ The number of people under public health supervision includes those at risk of having been exposed to novel coronavirus who are monitoring their health under the supervision of public health officials. This number includes people who have returned from China in the past 14 days and are included in federal quarantine guidance. Last updated: March 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus

COVID cases in Washington increase to 70 including 20 new cases in King Co and 10 new cases in Snohomish Co

These numbers will be updated daily at 11 a.m. 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Washington Positive (confirmed) * † 70 Deaths 10 * Positive Snohomish County - 18, including 1 death King County - 51, including 9 deaths Grant County - 1 case † Please contact the local health department for information. Number of People Under Public Health Supervision Number of people under public health supervision ‡ 231 ‡ The number of people under public health supervision includes those at risk of having been exposed to novel coronavirus who are monitoring their health under the supervision of public health officials. This number includes people who have returned from China in the past 14 days and are included in federal quarantine guidance. Last updated: March 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus

COVID cases in Washington increase to 70 with 10 new cases in Snohomish Co, 20 new in King Co, 1 new in Grant Co

These numbers will be updated daily at 11 a.m. 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Washington Positive (confirmed) * † 70 Deaths 10 * Positive Snohomish County - 18, including 1 death King County - 51, including 9 deaths Grant County - 1 case † Please contact the local health department for information. Number of People Under Public Health Supervision Number of people under public health supervision ‡ 231 ‡ The number of people under public health supervision includes those at risk of having been exposed to novel coronavirus who are monitoring their health under the supervision of public health officials. This number includes people who have returned from China in the past 14 days and are included in federal quarantine guidance. Last updated: March 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus

Total COVID cases increase to 70 including 20 new cases in King Co and school closings

Clark County, Nevada resident COVID confirmed after travel in Washington State and Texas.

Coronavirus News: 11 new COVID-19 cases in Westchester, 2 in NYC, officials say NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- There are 11 new cases of novel coronavirus reported in Westchester County and two new ones in New York City, officials said on Thursday.Mayor Bill de Blasio, announced the city's newest cases on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and said that the individuals are a woman in her 80s and man in his 40s.The two new positive test results for COVID-19 came a day after health officials in the state announced a cluster of cases connected with a lawyer hospitalized with the disease.Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that the disease appeared to have been passed from the lawyer to his family and other people close to them in New Rochelle, a suburb north of New York City.In addition to the 50-year-old lawyer, who is hospitalized in New York City, tests have come back positive for his wife, two children and a neighbor, as well as one of his friends and members of that man's family."There are going to be hundreds in Westchester," Cuomo said of his expectation going forward. "The number of people who will be infected will continue to increase. It is going to be dozens and dozens and dozens."That proved to be the case as 11 more cases were added to the list in Westchester just before noon on Thursday.The Westchester County cases are suspected to be from "community spread."RELATED: Some sellers accused of price-gouging amid coronavirus concernsOfficials say the New Rochelle lawyer had an underlying respiratory illness when he became infected with COVID-19.He is hospitalized in critical but stable condition at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in Washington Heights, the New York City Health Department said. Initial review of his travel does not suggest any direct connection to China or any country on the watch list. He did travel to Miami and Israel during the past few months, but not during the two week incubation period.RELATED: Separating fact from fiction on COVID-19He returned to Westchester some time ago and started showing serious symptoms last week. Officials say he had respiratory issues for the last month, became they more pronounced in the last couple of days.The wife, children, and neighbor are all isolated in their homes. The 14-year-old girl is a student at SAR Academy in Riverdale.Mayor Bill de Blasio said the wife and daughter are asymptomatic.The son did show symptoms but is getting better. A close friend and roommate of his have been tested out of precaution. Those results are pending.RELATED: All coronavirus coverage from Eyewitness NewsSeven employees and one intern at the law firm where the man and his wife work are also being tested.Yeshiva University announced the son tested positive on Wednesday.Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, Westchester Torah Academy in White Plains, and alanter Akiba Riverdale (SAR) Academy and SAR High School in Riverdale, Bronx are all closed. The schools are associated with the Westchester County cases. Temple Young Israel in New Rochelle, where the patients are congregants, has been ordered to suspend services for the foreseeable future. Some congregants have been ordered to self-quarantine due to possible exposure.Prior to Thursday, a 39-year-old health care worker who had traveled to Iran, where there is a significant COVID-19 outbreak, was New York state's only confirmed case with no connection to the lawyer.A spokesman for New York City's health department said more details on the new cases would be released later Thursday.The Associated Press contributed to this report. RELATED INFORMATION:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on coronavirusNew Yorkers can call the State hotline at 1-888-364-3065, where experts from the Department of Health can answer questions regarding the novel coronavirus.New York State information about coronavirusNew York City information about coronavirusJohn Hopkins' coronavirus tracking dashboard https://abc7ny.com/health/11-new-covid-19-cases-in-westchester-2-in-nyc-officials-say/5987314/

2 New NYC Cases Mark Fresh Community Spread; More Westchester Cases Bring State Total to 24 24 people in New York have COVID-19, with at least two of them being treated in intensive care By Jennifer Millman • Published 5 hours ago • Updated 4 mins ago It remains to be seen how wide COVID-19 will spread in the tri-state area after 24 people in New York were confirmed to have the virus Two new NYC cases were confirmed Thursday, both patients in intensive care; cases have no known connection to travel or other local COVID-19 cases, marking fresh instance of community spread A New Jersey man in his 30s is a presumptive positive, sources say; he allegedly got it from one of the patients in New York Two more people in New York City have tested positive for coronavirus and are hospitalized in an intensive care unit and 11 new cases have been confirmed in Westchester County, bringing the state's total to 24 cases, city and county leaders separately confirmed Thursday. Neither New York City case -- a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s -- has a known connection to travel or any previously diagnosed local COVID-19 patients, marking what appears to be fresh community spread in the five boroughs, Mayor de Blasio said. City disease detectives are tracing close contacts of both new patients and will ensure they are isolated and tested. Shortly after that news, the Westchester County Executive's Office confirmed it had a total of 21 cases, meaning 11 new positives had been reported in roughly the last 24 hours. The developments come amid an apparent surge of positive cases due to increased in-state and in-city testing -- and while officials continue to tell people not to panic and that 80 percent of people who get it self-resolve, many are concerned about protecting themselves and their families. LIVE AT 2 P.M.: Submit your coronavirus questions now and join us for a Q&A with Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, a pediatrician at Columbia University. That concern is only growing as more cases pop-up where "superspreaders" apparently passed the disease to others. The Westchester attorney who had an underlying respiratory illness, and was hospitalized in the state's first case of person-to-person spread, apparently passed it on to his neighbor and family, who passed it on to a friend's family -- and, possibly, others. In New Jersey, a 32-year-old man tested positive for novel coronavirus but officials are awaiting a confirmed positive from the CDC, the mayor of Fort Lee said in an update statement Thursday. Latest Coronavirus News COVID-1910 HOURS AGO Timeline: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19 in Tri-State CORONAVIRUS11 HOURS AGO How to Talk to Children and Students About the Coronavirus Outbreak Sources tell NBC New York that the Bergen County man had contact with one of the New York patients; the man was said to be resting comfortably at a hospital and doing well as of Thursday morning. The New Jersey State Department of Health has established a 24-hour coronavirus hotline to answer questions: 800-222-1222. New York has a similar hotline set up: 888-364-3065.

11 new cases have been confirmed in Westchester County, bringing the state's total to 24 cases, city and county leaders separately confirmed Thursday. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/2-more-covid-19-cases-in-ny-brings-total-to-13-community-spread-eyed-in-possible-nj-case-as-state-awaits-tests/2313298/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_NYBrand&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

Statement from Mayor de Blasio on Two New Covid-19 Cases in New York City March 5, 2020 “There are two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York City. One new patient is a man in his 40s, and one new patient is a woman in her 80s. Neither patient has a connection to travel nor any of the other local individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. Both are currently hospitalized and in the intensive care unit. City disease detectives are tracing close contacts of both individuals and will ensure they are appropriately isolated and tested immediately. We are going to see more cases like this as community transmission becomes more common. We want New Yorkers to be prepared and vigilant, not alarmed. We are taking the same decisive steps in every case to shut transmission down: isolate and test each suspected case, trace close contacts, and isolate and test them as well. To ensure we are able to test as many people as possible, we urgently need the CDC to increase our supply of COVID-19 test kits and expedite the approval of any testing approaches developed by private companies. Our single greatest challenge is the lack of fast federal action to increase testing capacity—without that, we cannot beat this epidemic back.” [email protected] (212) 788-2958 https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/116-20/statement-mayor-de-blasio-two-new-covid-19-cases-new-york-city

FORT LEE, New Jersey (WABC) -- New Jersey is waiting for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm its first positive case of coronavirus, Governor Murphy reported.Health officials report that the man in his 30s is hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center in Bergen County, and has been hospitalized since March 3rd. RELATED: 5 more COVID-19 patients test positive; 11 cases in New York"My Administration is working aggressively to keep residents safe and contain the spread of COVID-19 in New Jersey," said Governor Murphy on Wednesday. "We take this situation very seriously and have been preparing for this for weeks. I urge residents to remain calm and use resources from the New Jersey Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control to prepare and prevent the spread of infection. Safeguarding the public's health is one of my highest priorities and my Administration is prepared to respond swiftly to any additional positive cases of COVID-19 here in New Jersey."The presumptive positive result came from a sample tested bt the New Jersey Department of Health at the New Jersey Public Health Environmental Laboriatories.The sample will then be submitted to the CDC in Atlanta for confirmatory testing. State and local public health authorites are treating this case as if it were a confirmed case out of precaution. Officials say the hospital is working closely with the Department of Health to follow infectious disease protocols. The New Jersey Department of Health is in the process of tracing close contacts with the patient, which include a connection to the 50-year-old New Rochelle man.Since then, that man's wife and two children, along with their neighbors have all tested postive in New York state."You see how quickly you touch hundreds of people. It's just in life," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. "It's impossible to really contain, but you are putting more people on notice, etc, but its just a function of circumstance. This could have happened anywhere. It happened in New Rochelle, but it could have happened anywhere. and it will."New Jersey's health commissioner says the public's risk of catching COVID-19 is still very low, but everyone needs to take steps to protect themselves. https://abc7ny.com/5987040/

First confirmed New Jersey case (Fort Lee) appears to be linked to New Rochelle cluster.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Thursday two new cases of COVID-19 — a man and a woman with no known connection to other people recently diagnosed with the virus. “To ensure we are able to test as many people as possible, we urgently need the CDC to increase our supply of COVID-19 test kits and expedite the approval of any testing approaches developed by private companies,” the mayor said in a tweet Thursday morning. The two new cases increase the city’s total cases to four, according to de Blasio. New York City is also investigating at least 5 others for the virus, according to city’s website. Earlier in the day, de Blasio told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that local health officials had found “four people as of this morning who have tested positive.” “Of the tests we’ve completed, 25 have come back negative so far,” he said. Representatives from New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene declined to share with CNBC what hospitals the patients are being treated in. On Sunday, New York officials confirmed the state’s first coronavirus case, a woman who recently traveled to Iran and is currently isolated in her Manhattan home. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed Wednesday five new COVID-19 cases in the state — hours after he said that a family of four in Westchester all had the virus. The two new cases Thursday bring the state’s total to at least 13. As of Wednesday, there are at least 129 cases of the new coronavirus in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 49 of those cases are people who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, and the Diamond Princess cruise ship. At least 24 are travel-related infections, while 16 were caused by person-to-person spread. U.S. health officials are also investigating 40 other cases with currently no clear reason for infection, the CDC said. Earlier this week, a top CDC official said the World Health Organization will likely deem the coronavirus a global pandemic once sustained person-to-person spread takes hold outside China. The outbreak already meets two of the three main criteria under the technical designation of a pandemic, Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, said in prepared remarks to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The U.S. currently has just 1% of the required respirator masks that would be needed for medical professionals if the COVID-19 outbreak erupts into a pandemic, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. House and Senate leaders reached a bipartisan deal Wednesday providing roughly $8.3 billion in emergency funding to help fight the outbreak in the U.S. It sets aside just $1 billion for medical supplies and health-care preparedness, according to a House Democratic aide. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/05/new-york-city-confirms-two-new-cases-of-coronavirus-contracted-through-community-spread.html?__source=iosappshare|com.apple.UIKit.activity.PostToTwitter