New coronavirus case in San Diego as death toll tops 1,000 in China – New York Post

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A case of coronavirus was confirmed in San Diego on Monday — as the death toll in China topped 1,000, officials said.

The patient in San Diego was evacuated last week on a flight from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the deadly virus originated in late December, Chanel 10 News reported.

The individual was taken to US San Diego Medical Center in good condition and is under isolation, health officials said.

Federal officials chartered a flight to evacuate about 230 Americans from the city, which was quarantined late last month in an effort to curb the outbreak.

The plane landed in California on Wednesday.

All those aboard were quarantined at the at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar for a mandatory 14-day hold.

Nine evacuees were further evaluated at local hospitals and six were cleared and taken back to the station. Test results are pending for two others.

The Centers for Disease Control didn’t immediately comment on the new case, which would be the 13th in the US after a patient was confirmed in Wisconsin on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Chinese officials on Tuesday, local time, said the death toll had reached 1,016, up 108 from the day before, when it was 908.

It was also the first time that there were more than 100 deaths in one day due to the pandemic.

The number of cases also grew to over 42,638.

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