El Paso has jumped to 21 cases of people with coronavirus, according to El Paso health department health authority Hector Ocaranza, and he expects community spread is imminent.

The majority of new cases are between 30 and 50 years old, Ocaranza announced in the middle of a Wednesday news conference. He said officials are looking at all epidemiological investigations to determine the origin of all cases.

None of the cases remain hospitalized, Ocaranza said, and no first responders or healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Close to 100 people have been tested for the virus since Monday at the city's new drive-through test site. The county is also receiving test results from private labs and from facilities in other counties.

According to the city's latest numbers, there are two positive cases in their teens, four in their 20s, four in their 30s, four in their 40s, two in their 50s, four in their 60s and one in their 70s.

The 21 local cases do not include the four known cases at Fort Bliss.

As of Tuesday night, 12 El Paso County residents had tested positive for COVID-19, the latest being two University of Texas at El Paso employees and a student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.

The city announced the 11th case of coronavirus at a Tuesday news conference and the 12th Tuesday evening.

The city did not provide information about the age and gender of the latest patients, but UTEP said two university employees tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday.

The two men traveled to an out-of-town event and returned to El Paso March 12, UTEP officials said in a news release.

One of the employees had limited access to the campus' Foster Stevens Basketball Center and Larry K. Durham Sports Center on March 13, UTEP said. "Both facilities have been isolated and have been cleaned regularly with disinfectant," the release read.

The employees are in self-isolation and recovering at home, UTEP said.

Also Tuesday, Tech Texas University Health Sciences Center El Paso said one its students tested positive for COVID-19 after traveling to California and is in self-isolation.

The city of El Paso passed a "stay home, work safe" order Tuesday to try and cull the spread of coronavirus. The order excludes essential personnel, including emergency personnel, healthcare personnel, groceries, financial institutions, media, postal services, food delivery or pickup, restaurants for take-out only, home-based care, childcare and those performing essential government functions. Anyone who violates the order will be guilty of a misdemeanor and faces a fine of up to $1,000 or up to 180 days in jail.

Anyone working in those fields must abide by the social distancing requirements laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.