By Patrick Hipes Executive Managing Editor The death toll of victims of coronavirus in the U.S. grew to 11 on Wednesday, including the first death in California and another in Washington state, where until today all of the deaths so far have occurred.
The news comes after three deaths were announced Tuesday, two of which were residents of the Life Care Center nursing home in Kirland, WA, near Seattle, Life Care that has become a flashpoint for the illness.
Nine deaths total have occurred in Washington state, which as of today had 39 positive diagnoses of coronavirus, the most in the country.
The Centers for Disease Control said that as of Tuesday evening there were 80 coronavirus cases overall in the U.S. in 13 states.
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