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US Virus Death Toll Hits 11; Feds Investigate Nursing Home

Associated Press

   SEATTLE - Federal authorities announced an investigation of the
   Seattle-area nursing home at the center of an outbreak of the new
   coronavirus as the U.S. death toll climbed to 11, including the first
   fatality outside Washington state.
   Officials in California's Placer County, near Sacramento, said
   Wednesday an elderly person who tested positive after returning from a
   San Francisco-to-Mexico cruise had died. The victim had underlying
   health problems, authorities said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom late
   Wednesday declared a statewide emergency due to coronavirus. Washington
   and Florida had already declared emergencies, and Hawaii also joined
   them Wednesday.

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