Passenger on evacuation flight from China to San Diego is confirmed to have coronavirus, marking the 13th case in the US as global death toll tops 1,000 and 100 die in a day in epicenter Wuhan
- An evacuee from Wuhan who landed in the US last week was confirmed to have coronavirus on Monday evening in San Diego, California
- This marks the 13th confirmed case of coronavirus in the US
- The patient traveled to the U.S. from Wuhan on a charter flight arranged by the State Department last week, the CDC announced
- Details on patient’s gender and age are not yet known
- The patient is being treated at the San Diego UC San Diego Medical Center
An evacuee from Wuhan who landed in the US last week was confirmed to have coronavirus in San Diego, California on Monday evening, marking the 13th confirmed case in the US as the disease’s global death toll tops 1,000.
The evacuee had traveled to the US from Wuhan on a charter flight arranged by the State Department that landed Marine Corps Air station Miramar last week, according to the Center for Disease Control.
The patient was among the few evacuees who were taken to the hospital after displaying symptoms that could indicate coronavirus.
The patient’s positive test results were confirmed Monday evening.
A coronavirus case has been confirmed in San Diego, marking the 13th confirmed case in the US. A nurse working in an isolation ward for the novel coronavirus patients in a hospital in Wuhan, China pictured above
This photo released by the US Marine Corps shows evacuees from China arriving at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, in San Diego, California on February 5, 2020
The patient is being treated at the San Diego UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, as per NBC.
No one else who is currently under evaluation for coronavirus from the flights that arrived at MCAS Miramar has tested positive, according to the CDC.
Last week, two planes arrived at MCAS Miramar with evacuees from Wuhan, China, escaping the epicenter of where the deadly virus supposedly originated.
The first flight carrying 167 Wuhan evacuees landed on Wednesday February 5 and five of those passengers were hospitalized for coronavirus-like symptoms.
A second plane landed Friday morning after a stopover in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Monday’s San Diego case is the first confirmed case in the county since the deadly outbreak began. Seven of the US coronavirus cases are in the US.
This map shows the coronavirus epidemic worldwide. The San Diego case marks the 13th US case of the outbreak. Worldwide there have been 1,013 deaths from coronavirus
The new strain of the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan in central China about a month ago has since spread to effect more than 40,000 people around the globe.
Health officials say the illness is capable of spreading before symptoms show and about 20 percent of patients become severely ill. The symptoms include fever, coughing, shortness of breath and can progress to pneumonia and respiratory failure.
By Monday evening the coronavirus death toll topped 1,000 – surpassing the number of deaths counted during the 2003 SARS virus outbreak.
On Monday a slew of new cases were confirmed on a quarantined cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan.
The number of passengers already removed or soon to be removed from the Diamond Princess for treatment in Japanese hospitals stood at 135 Monday, including 23 American passengers. Eleven of those Americans were among the 65 new cases confirmed internationally.