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Arizona, California Cases Push US Tally Of New Virus To 5

Health officials say the U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new pneumonia-like virus from China.

 

Two new confirmed cases were announced Sunday — one in Los Angeles County in California and the other in Arizona.

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All of the U.S. patients had traveled to Wuhan, the Chinese city that is the center of the outbreak. Other confirmed cases were in Orange County, California; Washington state; and Chicago.

 

The virus can cause fever, coughing, wheezing and pneumonia. It is a member of the coronavirus family that's a close cousin to the deadly SARS and MERS viruses that have caused outbreaks in the past.