11th US case of Coronavirus confirmed in California

Officials have confirmed that a central California couple has been sickened with a new virus after husband traveled to Chinese city at center of outbreak, bringing number of U.S. cases to 11.

couple, both 57 years old, have t left ir home since husband returned from China, according to a Sunday anuncement from San Benito County Health and Human Services. This was a case of person-to-person transmission, officials said.

A woman in San Francisco Bay Area who became ill after returning from a trip to China was ninth person in U.S. to test positive for a new virus, health authorities said Sunday. It was second vel coronavirus case anunced in Santa Clara County in past three days but two cases are t related, according to county Public Health Department.

woman, a visitor to U.S., h recently traveled to Wuhan, China, epicenter of virus. She arrived Jan. 23 to visit family, officials said in a news release.

patient has stayed at home with family since she arrived, except for two occasions when she sought outpatient medical care. She has been regularly monitored and was never sick eugh to be hospitalized, release said.

woman’s family members have also been isolated at home. health department has been bringing m food and or necessities, officials said.

“A second case is t unexpected. With our large population and amount of travel to China for both personal and business reasons, we will likely see more cases, including close contacts to our cases,” Dr. Sara Cody, county’s health officer, said in a statement.

first case in Bay Area was a man who traveled to Wuhan and Shanghai before returning Jan. 24 to California, where he became ill, Cody said Friday.

man was also never sick eugh to be hospitalized and “self-isolated” by staying home, she said.

man left home twice to seek outpatient care at a local clinic and a hospital. Public health officials are w trying to reach anyone he may have come into contact with during those times to assess wher y were exposed to virus.

Those people, along with few members of his household, will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Health officials believe it can take up to two weeks for someone who is infected to get sick.

virus has infected almost 10,000 people worldwide and killed more than 200. vast majority of cases and all but one of deaths have been in China. first death outside China from new virus was recorded Sunday in Philippines .

Cody said re was risk of infection for general public from Santa Clara County cases.

Nearly 200 Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan are under a 14-day quarantine at a military base outside Los Angeles — first by government in half a century.

Ar planelo of passengers from China was expected to arrive Monday at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, but that timing is w “fluid,” according to Rep. Scott Peters. passengers, who have been screened twice for signs of virus, will be quarantined at base for 14 days to ensure y do t pose a health risk to public, Peters said in a statement Sunday.

Or cases of new pneumonia-like virus include two in Sourn California, one in Massachusetts, one in Washington state, one in Arizona and two in Chicago.