New Cases Of Coronavirus Surfacing Across United States

Stephanie Stahl reports.

BUT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTTIME LATER.SO FAR, NO ARREST.NEW CASES OF THECORONAVIRUS STILL SURFACEDACROSS THE NATION, INWASHINGTON STATE HAS NOWCONFIRMED A SECOND DEATH FROMTHE VIRAL RAYS.NOW CASES OF THEPOTENTIALLY DEADLY VIRUS IN 12STATES, AND HEALTH REPORTERSTEPHANIE STAHL HERE WITH THELATEST, GOOD AFTERNOON,STEPHANIE.THIS IS WHAT HEALTHOFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TELLING USTO EXPECT THIS WOULD SPREADAND INDEED DEED IT IS,CORONAVIRUS NOW KILLED SECONDPERSON IN THE U.S. INWASHINGTON STATE.THE NUMBER OF STATES WITHCONFIRMED CASES IS NOW UP TO12 INCLUDING A NEW CASE IN NEWYORK CITY.A TOTAL OF 89 PEOPLE, HAVE NOWBECOME SICK IN THE U.S.,INCLUDING TWO, AT THE SINGLENURSING HOME IN WASHINGTONOUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.PARAMEDICS TREATINGPATIENTS AT THE LIFE CARCENTER NURSING HOME IN KIRKLANDS WASHINGTON-- WASHINGTONWERE SEEN TAKING PROTECTIONSEAN, RE MOVING ANOTHER FROMTHE FACILITY.OVER THE WEEKEND NEWINFECTIONS IN WASHINGTONSTATE, OREGON, CALIFORNIA,ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, FLORIDAAND RHODE ISLAND.AND THE FIRST CASE OFCORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN REPORTEDIN NEW YORK CITY.THAT WOMAN IS A HEALTHCAREWORKER WHO IS 39 YEARS OLD,SHE HAD BEEN WORKING IN IRANAND CAME BACK ON TUESDAY TONEW YORK.SHE DID NOT TAKE ANY PUBLICTRANSPORTATION AS OOH SHE WASHEALTHCARE WORKER, SHE WASVERY AWARE OF THIS SITUATION.THE WOMAN CURRENTLY ISOLATEIN THE HER HOME WITH MILDSYMPTOMS, PEOPLE WHO WERE ONTHE FLIGHT HER FROM IRAN TONEW YORK AND THE DRIVER OF HERCAR SERVICE ARE BEINGCONTACTED.AROUND THE COUNTRY STATE ANDLOCAL OFFICIALS STEPPING UPTESTING FOR THE ILLNESS, THEFEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HASTHE CAPACITY TO SCREEN 75,000PEOPLE, BUT IT IS ALSOINVESTIGATING A POSSIBLEMANUFACTURING DEFECTIVE SOMEOF ITS TEST KITS PROMPTINGSOME STATES SUCH AS NEW YORKTO USE THEIR OWN TEST INSTEAD.CONCERNED AMERICANS ARESWARMING STORES TO STOCK UP ONBASICS, LIKE BOTTLED WATER,TOILET PAPER AND HANDSANITIZER.TO SEE EVERYTHING CLEAREDOUT.NOW, WE HAVE NO CONFIRMEDCASES IN THE PHILADELPHIAREGION.NEW JERSEY, AND PENNSYLVANIA,HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, THERE,WILL START DOING THEIR OWNTESTING, SOMETIME LATER ONTHIS WEEK.WE WILL BE GETTING UP A DATEDBRIEFING FROM THE GOVERNOR OFNEW JERSEY LATER ON TOED ABOUTWHAT'S GOING ON THERE.LOOKING FORWARD TO.THAT WILL THANK YOU,OF COURSE STAY WITH CBS-3