Seventy people, including more than a dozen Americans, on board a quarantined cruise ship held off the coast of Japan have tested positive for novel coronavirus, according to Japanese officials on Sunday.
The health ministry confirmed that one American woman in her 70s, who also lives in Hong Kong, tested positive for the virus, reported NHK and Kyodo. According to a tally from NBC News, that brings the total number of American cases on the Diamond Princess ship to 14 while other reports said 13 Americans have been infected.
