New Hampshire Confirms First Coronavirus Case, Patient Traveled to Italy

Mask-clad commuters make their way to work during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2020. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

New Hampshire confirmed its first presumptive positive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus, according to state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan.

That person, he said, had recently traveled to Italy and is an adult who lives in Grafton County. The patient has not been hospitalized because “they are currently on home isolation and are not sick enough to be hospitalized,” Chan told reporters.