The US now has 53 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including 19 new patients diagnosed over the weekend, health officials said Monday.

The stateside cases include 39 evacuees from the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship and the Chinese city of Wuhan at the center of the outbreak, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC said the 14 other cases were patients in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington state, Arizona and Wisconsin.

The agency previously reported Friday that there were 13 cases in the country and 21 among repatriated Americans.

Officials warned at the time that the number of confirmed cases among the Americans who were evacuated would likely increase.

“We are keeping track of cases resulting from repatriation efforts separately because we don’t believe those numbers accurately represent the picture of what is happening in the community in the United States at this time,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters Friday.

The virus, known as COVID-19, has spread to more than 79,000 people across the world with the death toll around 2,600.

With Post wires