Hope for the battle against coronavirus: At least 15 people in 6 states have recovered

As the number of coronavirus cases increases in the US, there is another number also on the rise: patients who have recovered. 

There are currently more than 200 cases of the highly-contagious disease in at least 18 states, and 11 deaths.

But at least 15 people in six states are said to have made full recoveries including six in California, four in Nebraska, two in Illinois, and one each in Arizona, Washington and Wisconsin. 

And it seems to be a trend across the globe. Of the 97,841 people to have fallen ill worldwide, 53,786 – more than half, or 55 percent – have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering. 

As of Wednesday, 15 Americans in six states have recovered from coronavirus. Pictured: Medics wheel out a person on a stretcher from the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a nursing home linked to several cases in Washington state, March 4

Those recovered include six patients in California, four in Nebraska, two in Illinois, and one each in Arizona, Washington and Wisconsin. Pictured: An equipment service worker for King County Metro sprays a disinfectant, throughout a metro bus at the King County Metro Atlantic/Central operating base, March 4

In the US, there are more than 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 11 deaths, one in California and 11 in Washington 

When a patient tests positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, they are either isolated at home or in the hospital until they test negative.

This helps prevent the virus from being spread to others in the community.

‘Recovery really depends on where in the spectrum they land,’ Dr Nasia Safdar, the medical director of infection control and prevention at UW Health, who treated the Wisconsin patient, told DailyMail.com.  

‘If you’re critical, you may be in ICU, you might be in rehab.;

She says several swabs have to show that a patient is negative before they are released from isolation.  

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Worldwide, there are more than 97,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 3,300 deaths 

How long someone needs to remain in isolation before they test negative can vary.

One patient in Humboldt County, California, was allowed to go home after nine days while the first patient in Illinois was released from isolation after about three weeks. 

In the case of the Wisconsin patient, he or she recovered from the fever and cough symptoms within a few days.

Dr Safdar said that the patient felt well enough to go about daily activities, but need negative test before being allowed to be released.

In fact, researchers have found that 80 percent of people who fall ill will develop mild symptoms, with some never showing symptoms.

‘When people [contract coronavirus[, they might feel better in a few days but they should be prepared and should not go about daily activities,’ Dr Safdar said. 

Health experts say 80% of people who fall ill will develop mild symptoms, with some never showing symptoms, and recover fairly quickly. Pictured: People in masks shop at Costco in Brookl

Medics load a person into an ambulance the Life Care Center of Kirkland,

And similar recoveries have been happening around the world.     

There are now more patients in China have recovered from the illness than there are people who are still infected there. 

According to China Global TV Network, as of Monday, at least 52,100 people, or 63 percent, have recovered from the virus.

By comparison, there about 28,400 existing cases in the county where COVID-19 first appeared.  

And in South Korea, which has second highest number of cases, 47 people were discharged on Tuesday, the most for the country in one day.

At least 88 people have fully recovered, according to Yonhap News.