California health officials confirmed the first potential case of coronavirus spread through the U.S. community
SACRAMENTO — California health officials Wednesday confirmed that the first potential case of coronavirus spread through the U.S. community involves a patient from Solano County who is being treated at a Sacramento hospital.
The patient had not recently traveled to an affected country and was not known to have close contact with someone infected with the virus, according to state and federal health officials. The state said officials have already begun trying to trace the origin of the exposure.California health officials stressed that the health risk to the general public is still low and that COVID-19 has a low mortality rate despite spreading quickly. There have been no deaths in the U.S.
"We have been anticipating the potential for such a case in the U.S., and given our close familial, social and business relationships with China, it is not unexpected that the first case in the U.S. would be in California," said Dr. Sonia Angell, director of the California Department of Public Health and state public health officer.
President Donald Trump held a news conference earlier Wednesday saying the threat of the virus to the American public remains low.
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