Correction: A previous version of this article misstated where Kentucky and Indiana reported their first cases of coronavirus. Kentucky’s first case was in Lexington; Indiana’s first case was in Marion County.

A second medical screener who checks travelers at Los Angeles International Airport has been confirmed to have the coronavirus, one of two new cases reported in Los Angeles County Friday.

The screener is linked to another medical screener who worked in the same quarantine station and was confirmed to have the virus earlier this week, Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said at a press conference Friday.

A second new case was a traveler in a group of people who visited Italy, several of whom were earlier confirmed to have the virus. The county has confirmed 13 cases of the virus, and one has been "resolved," Ferrer said.

As the worldwide total of coronavirus cases surpassed 100,000 on Friday morning, thousands of people are still stuck on a cruise ship off the coast of San Francisco. Vice President Mike Pence says 21 of them have tested positive for the virus.

The Grand Princess has been ordered to stay at bay. Until it is allowed to dock at an as-yet unidentified port this weekend, when all occupants on board will be tested.

The U.S. has confirmed 310 cases of COVID-19. At least 14 people in the U.S. and more than 3,400 people globally have died from the virus.

In the latest deaths, the EvergreenHealth community hospital said Friday that two more patients have died, bringing the total deaths at the facility to 12. The hospital is located in Washington state, across the lake from Seattle.

Meanwhile, the Vatican reported its first case on Friday.

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SXSW canceled over outbreak fears

The South by Southwest music, film and technology conference was canceled Friday – the most high-profile event yet to fall victim to the new coronavirus, with officials calling it a medical and data driven decision. SXSW, as it's known, had vowed to go on, despite recent developer conferences that were canceled by Facebook and Amazon.

The conference this year had several high profile speakers in place, including former presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton, Beto O'Rourke and Andrew Yang and Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs and rockers Ozzy Osbourne, director Judd Apatow and to Kim Kardashian West. Nearly 300,000 people attended in 2019.

The 10-day festival was set to begin March 13.

– Jefferson Graham

Florida: 2 dead in the state who tested COVID-19 positive

Florida health officials say two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in the state.

The Florida Department of Health said Friday evening that the two patients who died were in their 70s and had traveled overseas. One of them was a man with underlying health issues in Santa Rosa County, in Florida’s Panhandle, according to the statement.

It said the second death was that of an elderly person in the Fort Myers area.

Florida also raised on Friday the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19, the new virus strain, from four to seven.

Officials had previously announced five Florida residents who had been traveling in China have also been quarantined elsewhere after testing positive for the virus.

Florida authorities are announcing both people who have tested positive for the virus in the state as well as Florida residents who have tested positive elsewhere, and who may be part of other state tallies.

– AP

Grand Princess cruise ship to dock; 21 passengers and crew test positive

More than 3,500 people remain on board Princess Cruises' Grand Princess off the coast of California as the ship awaits coronavirus test results. Medical personnel have tested 46 people aboard the ship, and 21 were confirmed to have the virus, according to a White House press briefing. Nineteen of the 21 are crew members.

Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that the ship will dock this weekend in a “noncommercial port,” and that all passengers and crew will be tested. The vice president said that crew members would likely be quarantined on the ship.

"It’s very likely that the crew was exposed on two different outings," Pence said. "And we know the coronavirus manifested among the previous passengers."

Pence said that elderly Americans should “use common sense and caution” in planning cruise ship vacations. He said that the ships “present a unique challenge to health officials.”

Those on board may have been exposed to coronavirus after sailing with 62 passengers who had previously been on the ship's Mexico voyage with a 71-year-old man who eventually died from the virus. Two other passengers from that voyage have been hospitalized with the virus in Northern California, officials said.

The CDC advised guests stay in their rooms for the remainder of a cruise but had not declared a quarantine, according to a Thursday statement from a Princess Cruise spokeswoman.

While the ship was meant to arrive to port in San Francisco, it is is unclear when and where the ship will be able to dock after testing is complete.

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– John Fritze, Maureen Groppe and Morgan Hines

Seven states report first cases

Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Hawaii reported their first cases of the coronavirus Friday, bring the total number of states with cases to 27. At least one of the patients had recently been to Boston, two to Italy, one to the U.K. and two on cruise ships.

All seven states report that either their first case is confirmed or is a "presumptive positive," meaning that a test has detected coronavirus but still must be officially confirmed by the CDC.

The Hawaiian case is an Oahu man who had been a passenger on the Grand Princess cruise ship that is now sitting in limbo off the coast of California, awaiting testing of its 3,500 passengers and crew. The Grand Princess made several stops in the Hawaiian islands Feb. 26 to Feb. 29 while the man was a passenger, said Hawaii Governor David Ige.

The first Minnesota patient is an "older adult resident" of Ramsey County who recently traveled on a cruise ship with a known COVID-19 case, according to the state's department of health. The man was in isolation at home.

"We all need to be prepared for some challenges in the days ahead," Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in an afternoon press conference. "This was anticipated. The protocols were in place."

The first Indiana patient was an adult man who lives in Marion County and had recently traveled to Boston, according to the state's department of health.

The first Kentucky patient was receiving treatment in isolation at a health care facility in Lexington, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The governor has declared a state of emergency in the state. There were no immediate details about the patient.

In Oklahoma, the first patient was a man in his 50s who recently returned from Italy, according to the state's department of health.

The first Nebraksa patient is a woman in her 30s who had recently traveled to the United Kingdom, Gov. Pete Ricketts said Friday. He described the case as "travel-related" and said there is no evidence of the virus spreading in Nebraska communities. Still, he urged state residents to practice healthy habits.

"Like a snowstorm, Nebraskans should be planning in case they need to be at home for an extended period, and they should also plan in case schools close," Ricketts said in a statement.

South Carolina officials report two cases, one involving an older woman who has been hospitalized and is in isolation. The other is a woman who traveled to France and Italy; she did not require hospitalization and is self-isolated at home.

Trump signs coronavirus funding package

Trump on Friday signed the $8.3-billion supplemental spending package to combat the rapid worldwide spread of coronavirus approved by Congress earlier this week.

The package, which passed the Senate on Thursday, will replace the initial White House request of $2.5 billion, an amount roundly criticized by lawmakers as too little to combat the virus.

The funding includes more than $3 billion for research and vaccine development and $2.2 billion for prevention and response efforts. The package also includes $1 billion for state and local response. Each state is expected to receive no less than $4 million.

– Courtney Subramanian

Hong Kong study challenges WHO figures on mortality rate

A new study by researchers at the University of Hong Kong puts the mortality rate for COVID-19 patients at 1.4%, much lower than the 3.4% offered by the World Health Organization. The study, a joint project between the HKU and Harvard University, estimated that 14 people die out of 1,000 individuals showing symptoms of the illness.

Professor Gabriel Leung, founding director of the HKU’s WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, said the figure could be even smaller if the calculation took into account infected patients who did not show symptoms, the South China Morning Post reported.

Asked about the new findings, WHO officials in Geneva said no one knows the true mortality rate, only how many people have died. The rate would depend on the full number of people infected, and many of those may well have never been tested or counted. Moreover, said Mike Ryan, WHO's executive director of Health Emergencies Program, an age-specific death rate could be even much higher, especially for older individuals with underlying health problems.

Vatican confirms first case of virus

The Vatican confirmed the walled city-state’s first case of the new coronavirus Friday and closed some offices as a precaution while Pope Francis continued recovering from a cold.

A health clinic inside Vatican City was closed for sanitizing following the positive test result received Thursday, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

One Vatican official was put into a protective quarantine after a priest from France’s Catholic church in Rome tested positive for the virus. The official isn’t showing symptoms of COVID-19 disease but lives in the same church as the infected priest.

The Vatican Apostolic Library said it would keep its doors shut all next week as a precaution. The library welcomes scholars from around the world to consult the Vatican’s manuscripts and archives.

Three Maryland cases linked to Egyptian cruise on Nile River

Three Montgomery County, Maryland residents who tested positive for coronavirus had all been traveling recently on an Egyptian cruise on the Nile River, authorities reported.

After the cruise, one infected person visited a Philadelphia event in which schoolchildren and staff were present, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced. As a result, Central Bucks County in Pennsylvania closed five local schools on Friday.

Another visited a public event at a retirement community in Rockville, Maryland, in which they came in contact with about 70-100 people including outside visitors, residents and staff, Hogan said.

“We are providing these updates not to unnecessarily raise alarm but in the interest of full transparency and out of an abundance of caution,” Hogan said.

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Reports suggests kids not so vulnerable to virus; data challenged

A report released last month by the Joint Mission and the World Health Organization-China found that individuals under the age of 18 experience a “relatively low attack rate" of the coronavirus, about 2.4%, but some U.S. experts challenged the scope of the data.

The report said scientists found the virus to be “relatively mild" among individuals under 19 years old, with only 2.5% of the reported cases developing into a severe disease and 0.2% developing into a critical disease. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a Feb. 24 report that no children in China under the age of 9 have died from the infection.

But some U.S. experts say the report, based on research from the team of health officials who visited virus hot spots in three Chinese provinces, may underestimate the infection rate among children. Dr. John Williams, of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, said a lack of testing among patients with milder symptoms paints a crude picture of the infection. Read the story here.

– Adrianna Rodriguez

Pennsylvania closes some schools

Five Pennsylvania schools were closed Friday even before lab tests confirmed two "presumed positive" cases in the state. The COVID-19 patients are adults from Delaware County and Wayne County. Officials said the patients appear to have contracted the virus outside of Pennsylvania.

The Bucks County Health Department was also evaluating locals that might have been exposed "to determine when they may return to school," according to Central Bucks School District Superintendent John Kopicki. Bucks County is located in eastern Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia.

– Jasmine Vaughn-Hall, York Daily Record

Nevada's 2nd case forces closure of Reno school, but no traces found among students

A local elementary school was closed in Nevada's Washoe County after an area man with family members among the student body tested positive for the coronavirus. But health officials said Friday that they have found no cases of COVID-19 at the school.

"We continue to investigate," said Kevin Dick, Washoe County health officer.

The Reno-area man is in his 50s and linked to the Princess Cruises' Grand Princess outbreak. He is in stable condition and is self isolating at home, the Washoe County Health District said.

County school district and health officers had recommended closing Huffaker Elementary School "out of abundance of caution."

"The upside for us is this one person confirmed is not a community exposure," Washoe County Commissioner Marsha Berkbigler told the Reno Gazette Journal of the USA TODAY Network. "He was clearly on the cruise ship."

The first "presumptive" positive case of the virus in Nevada was announced earlier Thursday, a man, also in his 50s, who had recently taken trips to Washington state and Texas.

– Anjeanette Damon and Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette Journal

Hundreds at Orthodox synagogue are quarantined in New York

About 1,000 people associated with an orthodox Jewish community are under a precautionary coronavirus quarantine in New Rochelle, New York as health officials sort out the situation.

The families and congregants of Young Israel of New Rochelle are in the midst of an extraordinary and serious situation, with about 1,000 people associated with the tightly knit community under precautionary quarantine for as many as 14 days because of coronavirus.

For the orthodox Jewish community that mainly lives around the temple, it has meant not being able to attend daily services, or leave to go to the store, or to work, or to school.

The rabbi wrote to members on Friday morning to confirm his diagnosis.

"I have the virus and am doing reasonably well," his message, posted on The Yeshiva World, said. "But I must caution all of you who have had personal contact with me to seek counsel from your health practitioner as to how to proceed."

University of Washington moves all classes online during health crisis

The University of Washington, located in a state hard hit by the coronavirus, will switch to online classes only for three weeks starting on Monday.

Ana Mari Cauce, the University’s president, told students in an email Friday that she took the move "to increase precautionary health measures and ensure the successful conclusion of the quarter for UW students on all of our campuses."

At least 12 people have died of the virus in Washington state.

Cauce said classes will no longer meet in person during the period. Instructors will either conduct classes or exams remotely, or, if the nature of the class makes that unsuitable, will base grades on work done so far for the year.

"The novel coronavirus is not the first challenge this region, or our University, has faced. It will not be the last," she wrote. "In its 158-year history, the UW has endured two world wars, a depression and other crises that have tested our resilience and our compassion" and that generations of students and faculty have "risen to the challenge."

Can cash carry coronavirus? WHO advises using digital payments

Since viruses can survive on hard surfaces like coins for days, the World Health Organization is reportedly encouraging people to use as many digital payment options as possible.

Although paper currency, a blend of fabric and paper, is harder for viruses to stick to, the health agency says no need to take unnecessary chances, the Telegraph reports.

"We know that money changes hands frequently and can pick up all sorts of bacteria and viruses and things like that," a WHO representative told the British newspaper. "We would advise people to wash their hands after handling banknotes and avoid touching their face."

The WHO didn't explicitly say that money specifically is linked to coronavirus, which is also called Covid-19. However, the agency did say it's "advisable to use contactless payments to reduce the risk of transmission," the Telegraph reports.

Representatives for the World Health Organization weren't immediately available for comment.

- Dalvin Brown

Churches around the globe change communion rules to avoid infection

Religious leaders in the U.S. and around the world are joining a growing movement to change the way communion is delivered during the coronavirus scare, with several major churches issuing directives this week.

Some of the changes include giving communion wafers in the hand and not on the tongue, forbidding handshakes, and temporary restrictions on drinking of wine.

Among the places where religious leaders directed new communion policies or guidelines: San Francisco; Los Angeles; and Olympia, Washington. And it's not just in the U.S.: The Catholic Church of Scotland banned communion wine Thursday and is draining holy water from fonts. A Catholic bishop in Perth, Australia took similar measures.

Catholic authorities in Jerusalem, Singapore, and the Philippines have issued similar guidelines or orders that favor giving Communion in the hand. Mexican Episcopate officials on Thursday banned reception of communion on the tongue.

"As we learn more about the threat, I have decided that additional measures are necessary," wrote John Harvey Taylor of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. "I hereby inform all our lay and ordained leaders that communion wine may not be offered in our churches, either for sipping or by intinction, until we can be confident that the danger of mass COVID-19 infections has abated."

Many church leaders also directed that handshakes during services or other signs of hand-holding peace should be omitted.