There are now 158 cases of novel coronavirus across 14 states in the U.S.

There are 158 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States, detected and tested across 14 states, according to U.S. media.

Those includes 49 cases from repatriated citizens, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

But some among the 158 cases which tested positive in public health labs are pending confirmation from the country's CDC.

So far, 11 people in the United States have died and three states – California, Florida and Washington – have declared a state of emergency.

Additionally, a cruise ship, the Grand Princess has being held off the coast of San Francisco on Wednesday evening as public health officials prepared to screen everyone on the ship.

The liner, bound for San Francisco from Hawaii, had linked to at least two coronavirus cases, one of them fatal. 

The U.S. now is also ramping up its COVID-19 testing capacity for the virus.

The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed an 8.3-billion-U.S.-dollar bill to battle the coronavirus, which the Senate will vote on Thursday afternoon.