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5 New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Bay Area
Officials confirmed three new cases in Santa Clara County, and health workers in Alameda and Solano counties also appear to have the virus.
BAY AREA, CA — Three new cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) were confirmed Sunday by the Santa Clara Public Health Department, bringing the total to seven in the county.
Two of the new cases are a husband and wife who had both recently traveled to Egypt. The husband is said to have "chronic health conditions."
The third newly confirmed case is an adult woman, also with chronic health conditions, the health department said Sunday.
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All three patients are hospitalized, according to a statement from the health department. Their conditions were not publicly shared Sunday.
Due to medical privacy requirements and to protect their identity, further information about these cases will not be released.
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The Santa Clara County Public Health Department will continue to identify anyone who has come into contact with these cases, Sunday's statement said. The health department will also be doing "community surveillance" to determine the extent of possible disease spread in our community.
News of these latest confirmed Coronavirus cases comes the same day as the Alameda County Public Health Department and Solano Public Health are reporting that two health care workers are presumptive positive for the Coronavirus, both pending confirmatory testing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Both of those patients are health care workers at NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville, and are currently in isolation at home, the Alameda County Public Health Department said Sunday in a statement. One lives in Solano County, the other in Alameda County. Both were exposed to the community-acquired case currently hospitalized at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
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