Arkansas sees first coronavirus case
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Arkansas has joined a seemingly growing number of states that have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 1,000 people in the U.S. to date.
A spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Health confirmed the presumptive positive case to Fox News on Wednesday.
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“We can confirm we have the first presumptive case of COVID-19 in Arkansas and it will be sent to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] for confirmation,” the spokesperson said.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson also announced the case during a news conference on Wednesday, saying the patient is hospitalized in Pine Bluff and has a “history of out-of-state travel,” according to a local news station. It wasn’t immediately clear where he or she traveled to, but at least two cases in the U.S. — one in Nevada and one in North Carolina — had recently visited Washington State, which has experienced an outbreak of the virus in recent weeks.
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There are now more than 1,000 cases of the novel virus in the U.S., with more than 30 states reporting cases.
Fox News' Russell Cosby contributed to this report.