19 are crew members. it was news the passengers had feared all day. >> right now it's just numbing. it's just trying to process this information. and see what our life holds in the next couple of weeks. >> reporter: debbie loftus and her parents, among the 2,400 passengers circling about 60 miles off the coast of san francisco, now confined to their rooms. >> i was worried mainly because my parents are elderly. i'm traveling with them. they're from chippewa falls, wisconsin, and my mom has asthma. so, yeah, i'm very worried if she would get ill, what might happen. >> reporter: tonight we're learning there are nine cases of the virus now linked to the ship's previous voyage, including that 71-year-old passenger who died after exhibiting symptoms before getting off the ship two weeks ago. this ship haunted by that recent nightmare for passengers of the diamond princess off japan, where thousands were quarantined

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