Photos: Coronavirus confirmed in U.S. as death toll rises to 17 | For Getty Images Uncategorized SHORELINE, WA – JANUARY 21: Washington state Governor Jay Inslee speaks during a press conference about the first confirmed U.S. case of a virus known as the 2019 novel coronavirus at the state Public Health Laboratories on January 21, 2020 in Shoreline, Washington. The patient diagnosed with the virus, also known as the Wuhan coronavirus, is recovering in isolation at a hospital in Everett, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) SHORELINE, WA – JANUARY 21: Washington state Governor Jay Inslee takes questions during a press conference about the first confirmed U.S. case of a virus known as the 2019 novel coronavirus at the state Public Health Laboratories on January 21, 2020 in Shoreline, Washington. The patient diagnosed with the virus, also known as the Wuhan coronavirus, is recovering in isolation at a hospital in Everett, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) SHORELINE, WA – JANUARY 21: Dr. Scott Lindquist, Washington state epidemiologist for communicable disease, speaks during a press conference about the first confirmed U.S. case of a virus known as the 2019 novel coronavirus at the state Public Health Laboratories on January 21, 2020 in Shoreline, Washington. The patient diagnosed with the virus, also known as the Wuhan coronavirus, is recovering in isolation at a hospital in Everett, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) SHORELINE, WA – JANUARY 21: Dr. Satish Pillai, deputy director for the Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during a press conference about the first confirmed U.S. case of a virus known as the 2019 novel coronavirus at the state Public Health Laboratories on January 21, 2020 in Shoreline, Washington. The patient diagnosed with the virus, also known as the Wuhan coronavirus, is recovering in isolation at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett in Everett, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)