New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed that community spread is 'inevitable' on Monday as New York City's first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in a female healthcare worker who lives in Manhattan.

The woman, 39, had shown no symptoms of the virus when she arrived back in the city last Tuesday, February 25.

She has not taken the public transportation system since her arrival to New York, which has a population of 19 million, and had taken necessary precautions on her return, Cuomo added, but admitted that other cases of the virus would come.

She is thought to have contracted the coronavirus while working in Iran and is now isolated in her Manhattan home with her spouse, who is also a healthcare worker. She has not been hospitalized.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo held a press conference on Monday morning to confirm the first case of the coronavirus in New York City. The woman is isolated in her Manhattan home

Plane passengers wear surgical masks at LaGuardia Airport, Terminal B in Queens, New York as the first confirmed coronavirus case in New York State is reported on March 2, 2020

People wear protective masks, while street vendors pedal hand sanitizer and other disinfecting products in Queens, New York, as the city's first case in confirmed

Gov. Cuomo said there was no cause for panic in New York as the first case was confirmed

The first NYC coronavirus case was first confirmed on Sunday night as the number of cases nationwide reached at least 103, with six confirmed deaths in Washington.

The couple had contacted Mount Sinai on their return to New York aware of the threat that they may have contracted the virus and were tested.

'The positive test was confirmed by New York's Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability for our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround,' Cuomo said on Sunday night.

There are two other possible cases in the city still being tested in Queens hospitals.

The woman's spouse is also being tested and Cuomo said he is presumed to be positive with the disease.

The woman is reported to have taken a private car from the airport to her home and the driver will be informed of her illness, as will the others on her flight.

She is not thought to have been contagious and was not yet sneezing or coughing when she was in contact with the public.

The woman is said to have manifested respiratory issues but that her symptoms are 'mild'.

Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio held a press conference on Monday about New York City's response to it's first coronavirus case, confirmed in a female healthcare worker on Sunday

Governor Cuomo said the city aims to increase its testing to 1,000 people a day by next week

In a press conference on Monday morning, Cuomo appeared with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce that they aim to increase testing in the city to up to 1,000 people a day by next week as they look to isolate cases in the 'inevitable' community spread that will hit the city.

New York has just been granted permission by federal authorities and the Center for Disease Control to perform the testing.

'I fully expect to find community spread, you can’t have it in this many places around the globe and in this many places around the country and not be in New York so that is going to happen,' Cuomo told an interview with CNN.

'I believe it’s inevitable. We’ll be testing for it and we’ll find it and we’ll get to the containment phase.

'We expect to find people who test positive and then you isolate as best you can knowing that you can’t really control the spread,' he added.

'This is going to come, we’re going to have to go through it.'

During the press conference, Gov. Cuomo reiterated his belief that New York City will see more cases.

'There will be more cases where we find people who test positive,' he said.

'This is a New York this the gateway to the world. Of course we’re gonna have it here.'

Cuomo also attempted to prevent panic during the press conference, stating that the city is prepared for the case, after the weekend saw New Yorkers rush to stock up on emergency items.

A pedestrian wears a surgical mask as he walks along Main Street in Flushing, Queens on Monday, March 2, 2020. The first confirmed coronavirus case in New York State is confirmed

Several passengers wear surgical mask as they sit inside an MTA bus driving along Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, Queens, after a woman in Manhattan is confirmed as the city's first case

There are now six confirmed deaths in the United States, all in Washington state

.@NYGovCuomo: “We will be testing for community spread. I fully expect to find community spread. You can’t have it in this many places on the globe and in this many places in the country and it not be in New York.”https://t.co/IR9mO5dy2r pic.twitter.com/l2YZFnmyfR — New Day (@NewDay) March 2, 2020

He admitted that the deadly virus' entrance into New York's population of 19 million was a 'matter of when, not if.'

Cuomo went on to say that there is a $40million emergency management authorization legislature that has been proposed to government officials and is anticipating it's quick approval.

Cleaning protocols across the state will also be changed with bleach being used instead of disinfectant in schools and on public transportation.

'There is no reason for undue anxiety, the general risk remains low in New York. We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available,' he wrote in a tweet on Sunday.

'When you look at the reality here, 80% of the people infected with the coronavirus self-resolve,' he said on Monday.

'They treat themselves and the virus resolves that way. About 20% get ill, morality rate estimated at 1.4%, where as the flu is at .6%.'

'Even on 1.4%, it is people who are debilitated, senior citizens who generally have an underlying illness, it tends to be the people who are vulnerable.'

Mayor de Blasio backed up his claims, branding New York as the 'anti-China' that had long expected the virus to hit.

'We have told new Yorkers from the beginning get ready,' de Blasio said.

'This is something we all can handle together.'

Panic buying hit New York over the weekend with anxious shoppers clearing supermarket shelves as they stock up on food and medical supplies after a woman became the state's first confirmed coronavirus case.

People started stockpiling items from stores as the number of cases across the U.S. soared to 100.

Two coronavirus-related deaths were also confirmed in Washington state and included a resident at the Life Care Center nursing home and a patient at the EvergreenHealth hospital.

A further four deaths were announced in Washington state on Monday.

Five of the six deaths have been linked to the LifeCare long-term care facility, EvergreenHealth, in Kirkland just outside Seattle.

People wearing masks at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to five out of the six coronavirus deaths in the state. Four more deaths were confirmed Monday

A worker wearing a mask walks to her car at the Life Care Center of Kirkland where fice people have died from the coronavirus in Washington state in three days and others are infected

Customers queuing outside a Costco in Brooklyn, waiting to get inside due to the amount of people already in the store on Saturday

In one social media video shoppers were seen stocking up on food at a Costco store in Flushing, Queens, on Sunday

The spread of the disease, which began in China and has seen more than 89,000 cases worldwide and over 3,000 fatalities, prompted panic-buying ever since health authorities warned that Americans should start preparing for domestic acceleration of the virus.

Videos have emerged on social media of shoppers rushing to stock up on toilet paper, bottled water, disinfectant wipes and sanitizer at a Costco in Brooklyn.

People were also seen scrambling to get hold of food at a Chinese supermarket in Queens on Sunday.

Pictures of empty shelves at grocery stores elsewhere in New York also emerged on the weekend.

The streets of Chinatown town in New York remained still on Monday morning as the area continues to struggle amid the outbreak. Wuhan, China, was the epicenter of the outbreak and many U.S. airlines have suspended flights to the county.

Business has suffered anywhere between 30 and 80 percent in New York, Chinatown Partnership estimated.

General view of Chinatown in New York City on March 2 as the city's first case in confirmed