Number of confirmed coronavirus infections in China exceeds 72,000, death toll rising to 1,868 Number of confirmed coronavirus infections in China exceeds 72,000, death toll rising to 1,868
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020
BEIJING - Fourteen Americans who tested positive for coronavirus were among the hundreds of U.S. citizens evacuated from a cruise ship off Japan to U.S. facilities over the holiday weekend, the result of a chaotic chain of events that put virus-stricken passengers on flights with other evacuees.