An Ajax woman who had recently travelled to Iran, as well as her husband, have tested positive for COVID-19.

The couple are Durham Region’s first cases in the worldwide Coronavirus outbreak.

Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, announced the cases Saturday.

The Ajax woman, 51, got back from Iran on February 22 and developed a cough, body aches and chills.

She went to a clinic in Ajax on Friday and the Durham Region Health Department contacted Lakeridge Health Ajax-Pickering hospital.

After being examined and tested at the hospital she was sent home where she is now in self-isolation.

Her husband, 69, who did not travel to Iran, has also tested positive for COVID-19.

He is also in self-isolation.

A third new Ontario case was also announced on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 11.

That person, a woman who went to a hospital in Richmond Hill, also has a travel history to Iran.