Officials on Saturday said they’ve identified a possible coronavirus outbreak in a nursing facility in Washington state, hours after the state announced the first death in the nation from the disease the virus causes and its governor declared a state of emergency.
The “possible outbreak” at a Life Care Center in Kirkland includes the first health care worker who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the United States, a woman in her 40s, Dr. Jeff Duchin, health officer for Public Health, Seattle & King County, told reporters on a phone call. The woman is in satisfactory condition at Overlake Hospital.
