two residents of Sonoma County who were on the initial cruise to Mexico have tested positive for novel coronavirus.

Larocque said those two patients were among 25 Grand Princess passengers from Sonoma County who rode a shuttle together after disembarking.

The health department is reaching out to the other passengers who were on the cruise.

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Sonoma County: Shuttle Passengers From Prior Grand Princess Cruise Test Positive (3:04 p.m.)

Sonoma County health officials said Thursday that 78 county residents were aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship when it sailed from San Francisco to Mexico on Feb. 11. The ship returned to San Francisco on Feb. 21 before departing on another voyage to Hawaii.

Jennifer Larocque, spokesperson for the county’s health department, said two residents of Sonoma County who were on the initial cruise to Mexico have tested positive for novel coronavirus.

Larocque said those two patients were among 25 Grand Princess passengers from Sonoma County who rode a shuttle together after disembarking.

The health department is reaching out to the other passengers who were on the cruise.

“The 14-day window of risk of exposure for the cruise ends tomorrow,” Larocque said on Thursday. “If passengers that were on the ship have not experienced symptoms yet, they likely will not.”

The Grand Princess is currently being held off the coast of Monterey while some of its current passengers are being tested for the virus.
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Another passenger who traveled on the Grand Princess cruise to Mexico, a 71 year-old man from Placer County, died Wednesday of complications caused by COVID-19.

The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said Thursday that approximately 100 San Francisco residents were aboard the same cruise. Officials say they are in the process of contacting the passengers.

Marin County’s chief Medical officer, Dr. Matt Willis, says that 55 people from Marin County were also on the voyage.

The County, Willis says, is notifying passengers and that those with symptoms will be tested.