First Patients in Alaska, Maine Test Positive for Wuhan Coronavirus

A plane carrying Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China arrives at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska on Jan. 28, 2020. The state on March 12, 2020, reported its first confirmed coronavirus case. Lance King/Getty Images

The first cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, were confirmed in Alaska and Maine late Thursday.

The states were two of the few left in America that had yet to confirm cases of the new illness.