BREAKING: Wisconsin reports first coronavirus case, bringing US total to TWELVE
- Wisconsin has confirmed its first patient with coronavirus
- The person of unidentified age and gender visited mainland China within the last two weeks
- As of Wednesday there are 12 cases of the deadly virus that’s spread from Wuhan, China
Wisconsin has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, state officials said on Wednesday.
The new patient, of undisclosed age and gender, is the twelfth confirmed case in the US.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS), the patient was in mainland China sometime in the past two weeks.
They are being isolated but, as NBC26 reported, the patient did not need to be hospitalized.
It comes the same day that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it’s distributed coronavirus tests to more than 100 labs around the country.
The patient’s test came back positive on Wednesday, and Wisconsin officials said the person is ‘doing well,’ according to local Channel 3000.
Between the more widely distributed tests and the four additional flights bringing American evacuees from Wuhan, China, back to the US, CDC officials said an increase in cases – potentially a steep rise – is to be expected.
Wisconsin has reported its first case of coronavirus, bringing the US total to 12. State officials have not disclosed the age or gender of the patient, but said they were in mainland China within the past two weeks
Emergency Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval was given to the CDC’s test for coronavirus as of Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, officials announced the test had been shipped to state labs, and that they expected an increase in testing and test results by the start of next week.
It’s unclear if the newly-identified Wisconsin patient’s sample analyzed with the newly distributed test or by previously equipped CDC labs.