You heard that right?

Corona Viruses right here in Southwest Florida, NBC to has just confirmed the first presumptive positive case of Copan 19 in Charlotte County.

The patient is a woman in her fifties who recently traveled to the Egypt Israel region will have more on that in just a second.

But first we want to bring you up to speed on how the Corona virus got toe Lee County.

So here we go.

The virus killed a woman in her seventies at Gulf Coast Medical Center.

We know that she traveled to the Dominican Republic when the other people involved is an isolation in the Lee health system.

About 30 employees were considered medium to high risk for that virus they haven't advised to self quarantine.

NBC to is bringing you team coverage as we track Corona virus cases across southwest Florida.

NBC to his Meghan Miller is unpacking what we confirmed about the patient and testing protocols Zach Baer's in Charlotte County and covering Maurine, the newest confirmed case, and Jessica Bob has the government's response to what leaders heard from Lee Health.

Let's start with Megan.

Good evening, guys.

I'm a Gulf Coast medical Center where one patient is in isolation, being treated for Cove in 19.

Right now.

Now, this is one of two confirmed cases here in Lee County.

The other patient died here at this same hospital, and tonight we're getting you answers about the timeline for these cases three days ago to patients went into a Lee County E.

R with Corona virus symptoms.

Patients arrived in the emergency department of Gulf Coast Medical Center on Wednesday around noon with symptoms of severe respiratory distress.

Just one day later, on Thursday morning, one of those patients died.

Lee Health confirms that was a 70 year old woman.

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They say the second patient is also elderly with underlying health conditions.

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The woman who died had just returned from international travel, but health officials won't say who she is, where she went or if those two patients are related.

The Florida Department of Health is investigating their travel history and opportunities for exposure.

They did confirm the patient who died has been here for a while, before getting treatment.

The family, who didn't travel back had been back for more than a week before presenting.

Both patients were tested locally.

The test is performed here.

It's a standard nasal swab, and those tests were sent to Miami to one of about seven CDC labs for there to make sure you get a presumptive positive results were confirmed on Friday.

Lee Health says no one else has been showing symptoms, but there is a list of people who might have come into contact with the patients.

At Gulf Coast Medical Center, we have around 3 30 people or potential medium or high risk exposures that CDC suggests those people quarantine themselves for 14 days employees, medical staff and others who have come in contact with either.

The confirmed cases are being evaluated now.

We don't know how many other people have come into contact with these patients outside of the hospital, but Lee Health is still calling this a low risk to the community.

They tell us the state Department of Health is investigating this further.

You can count on NBC to to bring you any updates.

We get both on air and online.

I'm live outside of Gulf Coast Medical Center.