CDC: First Human-To-Human Coronavirus Transmission Confirmed In Illinois

CHICAGO, IL. (THECOUNT) — The very first human-to-human transmission of coronavirus in the United States has been confirmed in Illinois.

The woman who contracted coronavirus last week, transmitted the virus to her husband, officials with the Centers for Disease Control said.

The 61-year-old woman is being treated in isolation at St. Alexius Hospital in Hoffman Estates. She returned from Wuhan, China in mid January, reports CBS.

Officials would not disclose where the husband is being treated. They did say he is stable and is being treated in isolation.

It is the second case of the virus in Illinois and it is believed to be the sixth confirmed case nationwide. The other cases are in Washington, California and Arizona.

She traveled back from China to Chicago on January 13 but she wasn’t showing symptoms then. A week and a half later, the woman was put in quarantine. She had shortness of breath and a fever when she arrived at the emergency room and was quickly placed in isolation, officials said. Her condition is described as good.

Health officials in Porter County, in Northwest Indiana have been evaulating another patient for the possibility of coronavirus. Test results are expected later Thursday.

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