FILE - In this illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area who became ill after returning from a trip to China has become the ninth person in the U.S. to test positive for a new virus, health authorities said Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. (CDC via AP, File)
China Outbreak California
NEW YORK (AP) — New York officials are reporting the state’s first two deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, including an 82-year-old woman who had advanced emphysema. Authorities said the woman died Friday at a Brooklyn hospital. A 65-year-old also died from the disease in Rockland County. More than 500 New Yorkers have been officially been diagnosed so far with COVID-19. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he believes perhaps tens of thousands of New Yorkers are infected. The true number of people with the virus in the state is unknown because testing is still being done across the U.S. on a very limited basis.
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