Six people have died of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Washington state as of Monday afternoon, according to officials, as King County officials declared a county-wide state of emergency.
The newest King County victims include a woman in her 70s who was a resident at the Life Care nursing home and had underlying health conditions, a woman in her 80s who was also a resident of Life Care, and a woman in her 80s. All three of them were hospitalized at EvergreenHealth and died on Sunday, officials said in a news conference.
