2 New Coronavirus Cases in New York After 9 in Contact With One Patient Tested Positive

A Yeshiva University student wears a face mask on the grounds of the university in New York City on March 4, 2020. A Yeshiva student has tested positive for COVID-19. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Two more patients in New York City tested positive for the new coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on March 5, one day after officials said nine people who had contact with a man who’s hospitalized in Manhattan tested positive.

The two new patients are hospitalized in intensive care units, de Blasio said on March 5. One is a man in his 40s and one is a woman in her 80s.