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California became the third US state to confirm an infection from the novel coronavirus as China said the pneumonia-like illness is spreading more quickly.
The person, who travelled from the Chinese city of Wuhan, is in isolation in a local hospital and in good condition, according to a statement from the Orange County Health Care Agency’s Communicable Disease Control Division.
It’s the third case in the US, as global infections exceed 2,000 and deaths in China climbed to at least 56 from only two a week ago.
Separately, in what could be the first case in Africa, authorities in the Ivory Coast said a passenger from Beijing that landed in Abidjan showed symptoms and was being tested for the virus.
President Xi Jinping’s government is under pressure to arrest the rising death toll from the outbreak amid concerns the virus is showing little sign of slowing down. Mainland China accounts for 98% of confirmed global infections, while more than a dozen countries and territories also reported the illness crossed into their borders.
Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea also had more confirmed cases on Sunday, while Canada announced its first case.