CDC Confirms 15th Case of Coronavirus in U.S.

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Friday, February 14, 2020

GoLocalWorcester News Team

15th case of Coronavirus in U.S. confirmed. PHOTO: Fred Murphy/CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the 15th case of coronavirus in the United States on Thursday.

The case was detected in Texas on a patient who is an evacuee from China and under federal quarantine.

According to the CDC, the patient is isolated and receiving medical care at a local hospital.

This latest case comes one day after the CDC announced the 14th confirmed case in the U.S. on Wednesday, and two days after the 13th confirmed case was announced on Tuesday.

“There will likely be additional cases in the coming days and weeks, including among other people recently returned from Wuhan,” said the CDC in a statement.

The coronavirus outbreak began in December of 2019.

CDC Continues to Spread

This latest case of coronavirus in the U.S. comes after it was reported that the first American died from he coronavirus in Wuhan, China.

According to CNN, "60-year-old United States citizen had died from the virus at Jinyintian Hospital, in Wuhan, on February 6, according to the US Embassy in Beijing, marking the first confirmed death of a foreigner from the virus."

In addition, a Japanese citizen died in a Wuhan hospital, from what was suspected to be a case of the coronavirus.

According to the CDC, the virus has now infected over 60,000 and killed at least 1,369.