2 more coronavirus cases in Santa Clara, county total now 9

Officials with the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department said Monday that two new coronavirus cases have been identified in Santa Clara County. Officials with the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department said Monday that two new coronavirus cases have been identified in Santa Clara County. Photo: Google Maps Photo: Google Maps Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close 2 more coronavirus cases in Santa Clara, county total now 9 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

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Santa Clara County public health officials reported two new cases of COVID-19 in the county Monday, bringing the county total to nine.

The ninth case is an adult male who had household contact with an infected patient. He's in isolation at home.

The eighth person to test positive is also an adult male who had household contact with an infected person, but in another county. He's also in isolation at home.

To protect the patients' privacy, the county's Public Health Department isn't releasing more details.

"An increase in cases is not unexpected," the department said in a statement. "The Public Health Department will continue to identify anyone who has come into contact with these cases. The department will also be conducting community surveillance to determine the extent of possible disease spread in our community."

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This news comes after officials reported three new Santa Clara cases over the weekend. The county's sixth and seventh cases were a husband and wife who recently traveled to Egypt. The fifth was a woman who officials said has chronic health conditions. All three people are hospitalized.

A fourth case was confirmed Saturday in an individual who had household contact with the third confirmed case. The third case was identified the day before as a 65-year-old woman with no travel history to a country with an outbreak and no known contact with an infected patient. She was the second case of "unknown origin" in the U.S. This patient had chronic health conditions and was hospitalized for a respiratory illness.

The county's second case was confirmed Feb. 1 — a woman who had visited Wuhan stayed at home except to go to a medical clinic on two separate occasions.

The first Bay Area case was identified in Santa Clara County Jan. 31; a man returned from Wuhan and Shanghai on Jan. 24, and left his home only for medical care.

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