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CDC confirms another case of coronavirus in America

By Zach Halaschak
Published February 11, 2020 10:35pm ET
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CDC confirms another case of coronavirus in America
In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, doctors scan a patient's lungs at Huoshenshan temporary hospital built for patients diagnosed with coronavirus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow over 900, with at least two more outside the country. | (Gao Xiang/AP)

Another person in the United States who recently traveled to China has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, bringing the total to 13.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Tuesday that a patient who had been evacuated from China tested positive for the illness. The CDC said in a press release that the patient was in California.

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