Published 11:37 IST, March 3rd 2020
Coronavirus: Washington State confirms 4 new deaths, total rises to 6
Coronavirus fatalities involve people in their 70s and 80s who succumbed to their worsening condition at Evergreen Health hospital after contracting COVID-19.
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death toll in US from dely coronavirus reportedly reached six including four new deaths anunced by Washington State alone. health officials in US urged people to maintain calm as re was still time to curb disease from spreing nationwide, confirmed reports.
According to reports, three new fatalities involve people in ir 70s and 80s who succumbed to ir worsening condition at Evergreen Health hospital after contracting COVID-19. patients were residents of Seattle area nursing home.
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Meanwhile, four more confirmed cases have been detected in California as of March 2, including one in Soma County where Health officials declared a public health emergency. disease in US continues to spre unabated as two more cases were reported in Georgia, and an ditional case of COVID-19 each was detected in New Hampshire, Florida, New York, and Rhode Island recently, as per media reports.
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Many infected have links with patients
Health officials have declared in multiple states that more cases of infection from vel coronavirus are expected and that authorities were hoarding testing kits and or health screening equipment. Reports mentioned that several in Washington state have been infected without any links with infected persons or travel history, prompting health officials to put Washington State under emergency as virus spre undetected among several American citizens.
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Director of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci h reportedly predicted that fatality rate in US could reach same figures as in China since re was vaccine or cure available as of yet. While speaking to an international media outlet, Fauci said that US needed more resources to fight coronavirus outbreak as cases of infection soar rapidly with in United States.
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11:37 IST, March 3rd 2020