As of late Thursday night, five cases of coronavirus are reported in the Houston area, all involving people who traveled to Egypt last month. Harris County officials on Thursday confirmed a man and a woman from the northwest part of the county had tested positive. The woman is a staff member at Rice University. Later Thursday evening, two more cases were confirmed, one inside Houston and one out in Harris County. On Wednesday, Fort Bend County officials announced a "presumptive" case. Health officials are trying to find out who else went to Egypt with the five patients.
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