Many Americans turning to Google to learn more about the deadly coronavirus spreading from China seem to be getting the infection confused with the Mexican beer Corona Extra.
Searches for both 'corona beer' and 'corona beer virus' have spiked since the first US cases were confirmed last week.
Over the last week, searches for both terms increased more than 1,100 percent, according to data from Google Trends.
However, it's likely that the more people have typed 'corona', the more Google has auto-completed that search with 'beer' or 'beer virus.'
And to put to rest the question so many have put to Google: No, the deadly virus has nothing to do with a cold brew.
It was most commonly searched in Hawaii, California and Washington over the past seven days.
Meanwhile, residents of New Mexico, Nebraska and Kansas were the most likely to search for the term 'beer virus.'
However, it's not just Americans that have been confused.
GoogleTrends data also shows that, in the past week, Singapore, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand were the countries that searched most often for 'corona beer virus.'
All of these countries, outside of New Zealand, have confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Corona Extra did not immediately reply to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
The name for the virus comes from the Latin word corōna meaning a crown or a garland.
