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Health Officials Confirm 2nd, 3rd, 4th Case of Coronavirus in Bay Area, San Benito County

The new cases bring the total number of those infected in the U.S. to 11.

Soon after the Santa Clara Public Health Department said Sunday that it had confirmed a second case of the coronavirus in the county, two more cases of the virus were confirmed in San Benito county, bringing the number of cases in the U.S. to 11, NBC Bay Area reported. The San Benito County cases are a husband and wife, both 57, health officials told the news station. The husband reportedly recently traveled to Wuhan—the epicenter of the coronavirus—but his wife did not travel with him. The Santa Clara case is an adult woman, according to officials with the Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “This Santa Clara County case is not related to the first case but they both had recently traveled to Wuhan, China,” officials said. “She is a visitor to this county and arrived January 23 to visit family.” The first Bay Area case—a man who also recently traveled to Wuhan and Shanghai—was reported Friday. The woman has reportedly remained at home, except for two trips to seek outpatient medical care.