With the coronavirus outbreak spreading across the country, more than half of all U.S. states have now reported cases.



As of Friday night, officials in 28 states confirmed positive tests for the coronavirus illness COVID-19. In total, more than 330 cases have been reported.

Seventeen people in the U.S. have died, including two in Florida on Friday who marked the first fatalities outside the West Coast. Most of the deaths have been in Washington state, and many are linked to a long-term care facility in King County, health officials say.

The majority of U.S. cases as of Friday night were in New York, California and Washington state.

Health officials across Washington state are bracing for more cases. Pierce County, south of Seattle and Snohomish counties, on Friday announced its first presumptive case, a man who is stable at a hospital.

"We do expect that this is only the first of other cases," Dr. Anthony Chen, director of health in Washington state's Pierce County, said. “… However, we’ve been prepared for this.”

Not all of the cases in which people have tested positive in local tests across the U.S. have been confirmed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tests.

Several positive cases — including Utah’s first presumptive positive case, which was announced Friday night — have been linked to recent travel on the Grand Princess cruise ship.

The ship, which was returning from a voyage to Hawaii with 2,422 guests and 1,111 employees aboard, is being held off California’s coast as testing is being done.