Coronavirus cases top 100,000 worldwide; U.S. death toll rises to 17 with pair of Florida deaths

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 3,400 people globally, and infected over 101,300 worldwide -- the vast majority in mainland China.

In the U.S., two patients who tested positive for the virus have died, the Florida Department of Health announced Friday night.

Both of the deceased -- one of whom was in their 70s -- had recently returned from international trips to undisclosed locations. One was in Santa Rosa County while the other in Lee County.

In addition to the two deaths, Florida's Department of Health announced two new presumptive positive cases of the coronavirus in Broward County.

This brings the U.S. death toll to 17. These are the first U.S. deaths outside the states of California and Washington.

The U.S. now has 329 confirmed or presumed positive cases of the novel coronavirus in 28 states, according to CNN's tally of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state totals.

Compared to the Thursday night total of 227 cases, that is a jump of more than 100 infections in just 24 hours.

The largest clusters of cases are in Washington state, California and New York.

Across the southern border, Mexico’s health authorities confirmed one new case of coronavirus at a news conference late Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to six.

The latest case is a 71-year-old man who traveled to Italy. Authorities said he was in critical condition, but is now stable and under observation.