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San Francisco Reports New Cases Of Coronavirus

Two of the newly identified patients are hospitalized.

The state lab in Richmond is conducting COVID-19 tests.
The state lab in Richmond is conducting COVID-19 tests. (State of California)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco is reporting four new cases of the novel coronavirus, bring the city's number of positive cases up to 18, city officials said Thursday.

Two of the people newly infected are hospitalized while the other two are isolated at home, according to the city's Department of Emergency Management.

One of the four had close contact with another confirmed case, while the other three did not have recent travel to a country with coronavirus cases or known close contact with a confirmed case.

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Updates on confirmed coronavirus cases in San Francisco are being made midday daily on the city's Department of Public Health website at sfdph.org.

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