A second person in the U.S. has died from coronavirus in Seattle as New York confirms its first positive coronavirus case on Sunday.
Health officials per the New York Times have said a man in his 70s with underlying health conditions died at the EvergreenHealth hospital in Kirkland on Sunday.
This is the same hospital where the country’s first coronavirus-related death was reported on Saturday.
Three additional confirmed coronavirus cases have been announced in the county and were all located at EvergreenHealth.
This includes a woman in 90s, a woman in her 80s and a man his 70s all in critical condition with underlying health issues.
The first positive case of coronavirus in New York City’s Manhattan has been confirmed on Sunday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
A statement from the Cuomo’s office reveals that the patient, an unidentified woman in her late thirties, contracted COVID-19 while traveling abroad in Iran.
New York officials have confirmed that the state’s first positive case of coronavrius was found in a woman in her late thirties Sunday
‘The positive test was confirmed by New York’s Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability for our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround,’ Cuomo wrote.
It’s unclear when the woman was in Iran and when she returned to the U.S.
This is the 74th American to test positive for coronavirus after one was reported in Rhode Island and a fifth ‘uknown’ origin case was found in Chicago.
‘[This] is exactly why I advocated for the approval from Vice President Pence that New York was granted just yesterday.’
Cuomo admitted that the deadly diseases’ entrance into New York’s population of 19 million was a ‘matter of when, not if.’
He goes on to say that there is a $40million emergency management authorization legislature that has been proposed to government officials and is anticipating it’s quick approval.
‘There is no reason for undue anxiety — the general risk remains low in New York. We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available,’ he wrote.
New York’s first positive coronavirus case comes after officials confirmed new coronavirus cases on Sunday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (pictured): ‘The positive test was confirmed by New York’s Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability for our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround’
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar confirmed the latest infection in Chicago during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, saying that authorities are now working to trace the source of the latest instance.
So far, there are at least five reported cases nationwide – one in Chicago, one in Washington State, one in Oregon, and two in California – where authorities do not know how the virus was contracted, according to the federal government.
The Chicago Tribune on Sunday reported that the third case of coronavirus was confirmed in Illinois.
A suburban Cook County resident was found to be a ‘presumptive case of novel coronavirus,’ the Illinois Department of Public Health announced.
The patient is hospitalized in isolation, and protocols by the Centers for Disease Control have been implemented.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has asked hospitals across the state to do more testing to improve surveillance for the virus.
The state was the first in the nation to provide for testing, according to the Tribune.
The governor announced on Friday that there were now three labs in the state that could test for coronavirus – one in Cook County, one in Springfield, and a third in Carbondale.
Officials said that the two other Illinois patients found to have the coronavirus have since made a full recovery.
Also on Sunday, the Rhode Island Department of Health announced the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus.
The patient is in their 40s and had traveled to Italy in mid-February, the state agency said.
‘RIDOH is coordinating closely with the hospital where this person is currently being treated and all infection control protocols are being followed,’ the department said in a statement.
Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, said on Sunday that a new case of coronavirus was confirmed overnight in Chicago
Five other cases were confirmed late Saturday night and into Sunday morning, making the total number of Americans diagnosed with the virus 74 and counting
‘The Rhode Island Department of Health has been preparing for weeks to ensure that we have a structure in place to, to the best of our ability, limit or prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Rhode Island,’ said Nicole Alexander-Scott, the director of the department.
‘We fully anticipated having a first case of COVID-19.
‘We are not seeing widespread community transmission in Rhode Island, and the general level of risk for Rhode Islanders is still low.
‘However, everyone in Rhode Island has a role to play in helping us prevent the spread of viruses, just like the flu.
‘It is very important that people wash their hands regularly, cover their coughs and sneezes, and stay home if they are sick.’
The Trump administration on Saturday announced measures aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, including new restrictions on Americans and other who have traveled to Iran.
The government is also advising citizens against travel to certain parts of Italy and South Korea, where significant outbreaks of the pathogen have been reported.
The Trump administration recently confirmed that a woman in her 50s was the first person to die of coronavirus in King County, Washington.
So far more than 60 cases have been identified in the U.S. with 84,128 cases of the virus around the world.
The woman returned to King County on February 23 and went to work in Seattle the following day.
She began showing symptoms of the disease Tuesday and reported them to health officials before being tested for the virus Thursday.
Her results came back positive Friday.
Officials said she was improving without any complications and her and her husband are under quarantine at home.
The announcement came soon after Oregon health officials on Friday confirmed they had a patient who tested positive for the disease in a case of ‘community spread’.
This is the first coronavirus case altogether in Oregon and the first instance of ‘community transmission’ outside California.
The individual is from Washington County and is employed at Forest Hills Elementary School in Lake Oswego.
Officials said at a press conference Friday that it is feared that the individual may have exposed students and staff to the virus.