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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Mar 8, 2020, 07:48 PM Mar 2020

Coronavirus deaths in Washington now up to 18, with 136 total cases

Washington state’s coronavirus outbreak continues to escalate with 136 confirmed cases across at least six separate counties.

Sunday:
2:41pm – The Washington Department of Health announced Sunday that deaths related to coronavirus have now ballooned to 18 statewide, with 136 total cases spread across at least 8 counties.

That includes the first documented cases in both Kittitas and Spokane Counties. There are also now 83 cases in King County, 31 in Snohomish County, 4 in Pierce County, and one in each of Grant, Jefferson, and Clark Counties (in addition to the one in each of Kittitas and Spokane Counties). The state is categorizing 13 other confirmed cases as “unassigned.”

Seventeen of the 18 deaths in Washington have occurred in King County, with 1 in Snohomish.

https://mynorthwest.com/1744551/live-updates-coronavirus-washington-state/

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Coronavirus deaths in Washington now up to 18, with 136 total cases (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
13% death rate? dawg day Mar 2020 #1

dawg day

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1. 13% death rate?
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 07:52 PM
Mar 2020

I know this 136 cases is probably not even half of the actual infection rate-- only the people who have been tested. But that is pretty scary.

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