COVID-19 pandemic on Grand Princess

See also: COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships

COVID-19 pandemic on Grand Princess
Grand Princess in Split, Croatia in October 2011
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationPacific Ocean
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseGrand Princess
Arrival date6 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months and 5 days)[a]
Confirmed cases122[b]
Deaths
7[c]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, former passengers of the cruise ship Grand Princess who had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were being linked to cruises they had taken on the ship while it traveled between California, Mexico, and Hawaii. After the first confirmed death on 4 March 2020, Grand Princess was rerouted to the San Francisco Bay Area, where it was anchored offshore while test kits were airlifted to the ship. Preliminary testing found 21 positive cases, and the ship later docked in Oakland on 9 March 2020, with over 3,000 people entering quarantine.

As of 28 April 2020, at least 122[b] people who were on Grand Princess when it was rerouted are known to have tested positive for the virus, and 7 people have died.


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