STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The second case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was confirmed on Staten Island on Wednesday.

A spokesman for Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) told the Advance the second patient was also identified at the hospital’s Prince’s Bay campus. But the hospital would provide no further details about the patient, citing privacy laws.

“The patient is at home and the staff that cared for the patient are being closely monitored by the hospital’s Employee Health Services as a precautionary measure. We remain confident in our ability to meet the challenges posed by the spread of the coronavirus," the spokesman said.

The hospital continues to work with federal, state, and local health officials, as well as refine its protocols as the situation evolves, he went on to say.

SIUH is now restricting visitor access to the Emergency Department at both its Ocean Breeze (North) and Prince’s Bay (South) campuses, and the labor and delivery unit at North to only parents as an “additional measure.”

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FIRST CASE FDNY EMS WORKER

The first Staten Islander to test positive for the coronavirus is an EMS worker, officials confirmed.

The man is not believed to have contracted the virus while at work; instead, health officials suspect he contracted the illness from his girlfriend, who is a flight attendant who recently traveled to an affected country, Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

De Blasio did not provide further information about the girlfriend, where she lives, what her condition is or what country she had recently traveled too.

Staten Island’s first case was confirmed in an internal Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) memo obtained by the Advance/SiLive.com.

The memo, sent to SIUH staff, said the patient was handled with proper protocols at the Prince’s Bay campus, adding that employees will monitor their temperature twice a day for 14 days “out of an abundance of caution.”

Because the staff followed proper protocol, according to the memo, self-quarantine is not necessary.

STATE CASES RISE TO 212; CITY CASES TO 12

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that the total number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in New York State has risen to 212, with 12 new cases in New York City, bringing the city total to 48.

“This number, as I have said from day one, will continue to grow every day,” Cuomo said at the press conference. “The more tests we get, the more positive we will get.”

New York is now officially the second-most affected state, behind Washington State.