Fatal Colorado hantavirus case not linked to cruise ship, officials say
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that there are no Andes hantavirus cases in the U.S. from the cruise liner outbreak. The individual in Colorado contracted the Sin Nombre strain of the hantavirus, which regularly appears in the spring. Health officials in Colorado disclosed that the adult was a resident in Douglas County but did not provide their name or date of death.
- ▪Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that there are no Andes hantavirus cases in the U.S. from the cruise liner outbreak.
- ▪The individual in Colorado contracted the Sin Nombre strain of the hantavirus, which regularly appears in the spring.
- ▪Health officials in Colorado disclosed that the adult was a resident in Douglas County but did not provide their name or date of death.
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State Watch Fatal Colorado hantavirus case not linked to cruise ship, officials say Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 05/18/26 4:39 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 05/18/26 4:39 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING An adult in Colorado who died from a hantavirus case was not linked to an outbreak on a cruise ship, according to a Monday release from the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that there are no Andes hantavirus cases in the U.S. from the cruise liner outbreak. The individual in Colorado contracted the Sin Nombre strain of the hantavirus, which regularly appears in the spring.
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