A map showing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the United States is displayed as Vice President Mike Pence, at lower left, tours the Washington State Emergency Operations Center, Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Camp Murray in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
March 6, 2020
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March 6, 2020 8:58 p.m.
21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of more than 10 cases during its previous voyage.