MIAMI – About 90 international passengers remain aboard the Coral Princess ship at PortMiami, as others left Tuesday on nine additional domestic charter flights, a spokesperson for Princess Cruises said.
Princess Cruises confirmed two people on board died while the ship was at sea and there were 12 cases of the new coronavirus.
A third passenger, Wilson Maa, of California, died at a Hialeah hospital Saturday night after waiting for hours to be taken off the ship.
The cruise line said 545 guests disembarked Coral Princess on Sunday and another 139 left Monday, leaving 274 on board.
According to the spokesperson, Coral Princess departed March 5 from San Antonio (Santiago) for a South America voyage, which was scheduled to end in Buenos Aires on March 19.