Utah's second coronavirus case reported Tuesday - Salt Lake Tribune

A Utah patient is in “serious, but stable, condition" with coronavirus — the state’s second case of the virus, health officials reported Tuesday.

The patient is being treated at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden after, health officials say, she apparently contracted the virus while traveling.

“Prior to becoming ill, the patient traveled extensively outside Utah and the U.S. and is believed to have been exposed to COVID-19 during those travels,” according to a statement by the Utah Department of Health. Health officials did not specify the locations where the person recently traveled.

The patient is older than 60 and lives within the Weber-Morgan health district, in northern Utah, health officials reported.

County and local health officials are trying to identify and reach out to anyone who may have been in close contact with the patient, and learn whether they have experienced fever or a cough — the key symptoms of coronavirus, health officials said.

“The symptoms of COVID-19 are similar to what someone may be experiencing as the result of seasonal influenza — namely a fever, cough, or shortness of breath,” according to the statement. “These symptoms on their own are not worrisome and should not cause alarm. But if someone exhibits these symptoms who has recently traveled to areas with widespread COVID-19 illness or has been in close contact with a known positive case, that individual should immediately notify their health care provider, who will coordinate with the appropriate public health officials to determine next steps.”

The patient is the second to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Utah after contracting it elsewhere. A Davis County man tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, after he likely was exposed to the virus on a cruise ship in recent weeks, health officials have said. The man had traveled on the Grand Princess cruise ship — but on a voyage prior to the one that ended last week with the ship floating for days off the coast of California under quarantine due to an outbreak of COVID-19.

The man, who like the second patient is over 60 years old, visited a health facility Friday and was tested after the cruise line notified him of the outbreak, health officials have said. The man did have symptoms but did not require hospital care and was ordered to isolate himself at home, health officials have said.

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Health officials said they have contacted about 10 people who attended the game and were seated near the man; those people will not be tested unless they develop symptoms. Only those who were within six feet of him for a prolonged period of time are considered at risk, Utah County health officials said, though doctors have said the virus can survive on surfaces for three to six hours. About 19,000 people attended the Feb. 22 basketball game against Gonzaga.

The Salt Lake Tribune will update this article.

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