First Case Confirmed in California’s Napa County: Coronavirus Updates From Feb. 18

A worker carts a bin loaded with medical waste to a storage facility at the You’an Hospital in Beijing, China, on Feb. 14, 2020. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

Countries around the world are taking measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19, as the death toll continues to rise.

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First Case Confirmed in California’s Napa County

The first case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed on Tuesday in Napa County, California, and a second person in the county is under investigation, according to a news release.