According to Fox 13 Tampa Bay news
Two people in the Tampa Bay area have tested “presumptive positive” for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, Florida health officials announced Sunday night.
On Monday morning, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference with the state’s surgeon general, Dr. Scott Rivkees, to provide an update on the state’s preparations and the individuals who tested positive.
According to Rivkees, a woman in her 20s who tested positive in Hillsborough County had recently traveled to northern Italy, where there is currently an outbreak of COVID-19. He said the patient is in stable condition and is in isolation at home.
However, officials do not know how the second patient, a man in his 60s from Manatee County, contracted the disease since he did not recently travel to one of the areas identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rivkees said the man had been hospitalized for pneumonia when he tested presumptive positive for coronavirus. He remains hospitalized in stable condition.