New coronavirus case in California is 'evidence of community transmission,' county health officials
The Santa Clara Public Health Department announced a third case of coronavirus in the county possibly transmitted through community spread.
"This new case indicates that there is evidence of community transmission but the extent is still not clear," Dr. Sara Cody, director of the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department, said in a statement Friday. "I understand this may be concerning to hear, but this is what we have been preparing for. Now we need to start taking additional actions to slow down the spread of the disease.
"We also don't have any evidence to suggest this case is linked to any other case in California," Cody told reporters at a press conference. There are two other cases in the county, the health department said. But this one is different because the patient, an elderly woman, doesn't have a travel history or any known contact with a traveler or infected person.
U.S. health officials confirmed Wednesday the first suspected community transmission case in the U.S. — a resident of Solano County who's receiving medical care in Sacramento County.
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