New York Daily News |
Jan 26, 2020 | 5:10 PM
A Chinese man wears a protective mask, goggles and coat as he stands in a nearly empty street during the Chinese New Year holiday on January 26, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 2000 in mainland China Sunday as health officials locked down the city of Wuhan earlier in the week in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
The CDC has found another coronavirus case in the U.S., this time in Arizona. With two other confirmed cases in California on Sunday, and a pair of prior cases in Illinois and Washington, this new finding marks the fifth person in America to be infected with the disease.
According to the CDC, all five people with coronavirus have been hospitalized, and they all recently visited Wuhan, China, which is the epicenter of the outbreak. On Sunday, the Chinese government confirmed 371 new cases and 24 deaths from coronavirus in Hubei Province, where Wuhan is the capital.
As of Sunday, over 100 people in the U.S. were under investigation by the CDC for possibly having contracted the virus, and they expect that number to keep rising.
The CDC is recommending that any Americans with plans to travel to Wuhan should not make the trip for the time being. Going forward, they’ll be releasing ongoing updates on the spread of coronavirus online on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.