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Coronavirus spreads for first time in U.S., CDC says – NBCNews.com, NBC News

Coronavirus spreads for first time in U.S., CDC says – NBCNews.com, NBC News

A close contact of one of the patients in the U.S. With coronavirus has been infected with the illness, the first evidence that the new virus has spread person-to-person in this country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

The new patient lives with a Chicago woman in her 90 s who was diagnosed after returning last month from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak that’s now sickened upward of 8, people.

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At least people have died, all in China.

Six people have now been diagnosed with the new coronavirus in the US, two each in Illinois and California, and one each in Arizona and Washington state.

This is a developing story, and will be updated.

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Erika Edwards is the health and medical news writer and reporter for NBC News and “TODAY.”

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