The total number of confirmed and probable cases of hantavirus onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has risen to 11, including two people confirmed to have died from the virus and one person who remains suspected to have died from the virus.
Passengers disembarked the cruise ship in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, to be transferred to charter flights back to their home countries.
On Monday, 16 American cruise ship passengers arrived at the University of Nebraska Medical Center; 15 are in the quarantine unit and one person who tested positive is in the biocontainment unit, officials said. Two other American cruise ship passengers were flown to Atlanta for "further assessment and care," officials said.
No U.S. residents have experienced any signs of illness as of Friday morning, according to health officials. However, six states are tracking nine residents for possible hantavirus infections.
States monitoring residents for hantavirus
States monitoring residents for hantavirus
Health officials in Texas, New Jersey and Georgia are monitoring two people while officials in California, Virginia and Arizona say they each are monitoring one person.
May 08, 2026, 12:14 PM EDT
2 New Jersey residents being monitored for hantavirus
Two New Jersey residents -- who were not passengers on the cruise ship M/V Hondius -- are being monitored for possible hantavirus infections.
The state's health department was notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the residents were potentially exposed to an infected cruise ship passenger during a flight. Neither individual is reporting symptoms.
This brings the total of U.S. residents under monitoring to at least nine across six states. None have shown any signs of illness at this time.
-ABC News' Youri Benadjaoud
May 08, 2026, 12:08 PM EDT
State Dept says it will arrange repatriation flight for Americans on ship
The State Department said Friday that it is in "direct communication with Americans on board" the Dutch cruise ship impacted by the hantavirus outbreak and "prepared to provide consular assistance as soon as the ship arrives in Tenerife, Spain."
The department added that it is arranging a repatriation flight to support the return of those American passengers.
A boat sails beside the cruise ship, MV Hondius, hit by Hantavirus as it is anchored off Cape Verde port, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, May 5, 2026.
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The department said it was working in coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Spanish government to plan for the transport of those passengers.
Additionally, the department said it is still "closely tracking the hantavirus outbreak" on the MV Hondius and remains in "close contact" with the cruise ship staff and international health authorities.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston
May 08, 2026, 10:05 AM EDT
New hantavirus case reported in Spain
A woman in the Spanish province of Alicante has tested positive for a hantavirus infection, secretary of state for health, Javier Padilla, told reporters on Friday, according to Reuters.
The cruise ship MV Hondius leaves Praia, Cape Verde, May 6, 2026.
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The unidentified patient was a passenger on the same flight as the woman who died in South Africa after leaving the ship, according to Padilla.