In March 2020, it was reported that two passengers of the ship's cruise to Mexico of 11–21 February 2020, had contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus disease and one of them had died.[5][6] The announcement came as the ship approached San Francisco with 3,533 passengers aboard (2,422 guests and 1,111 crew members, with 54 nationalities[3]), some of whom were reporting symptoms consistent with the disease, and the ship was held offshore by authorities for quarantine and testing of some of the passengers and crew.[6]