14 now dead of coronavirus in Seattle area
Three more deaths from COVID-19, caused by coronavirus, were reported on Friday morning. It is unclear when those individuals died.
That brings the total to 14 deaths from the virus in the Seattle area.
Twelve of the patients died at EvergreenHealth community hospital in Kirkland, Washington, across the lake from Seattle.
Two deaths occurred in Seattle on February 26. One was a woman in her 80s who died at home. A man died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. They were the first deaths from coronavirus in the U.S., although that wasn't known until after the outbreak began.
This is a developing story. We will add to it as soon as we know more. The earlier list of deaths from coronavirus, or COVID-19:
A woman in her 80s, resident of LifeCare, never hospitalized, died at her family home on 2/26/20
A man in his 50s, resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center and died on 2/26/20
A man in his 50s, who was hospitalized and died 2/28/20 at EvergreenHealth
A man in his 70s was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth. He had underlying health conditions and died on 2/29/20.
A man in his 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The man had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20
A woman in her 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The woman had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20
A woman in her 80s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. This person died on 3/1/20.
A woman in her 70s, who was a resident of LifeCare in Kirkland, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth and died on 3/2/20
A man in his 40s from Snohomish County, died 3/2/2020, was hospitalized in King County with underlying conditions.
A woman in her 90s, Life Care resident, was hospitalized at Evergreen and died on 3/3/20
Woman in her 90s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth. She died on 3/3/20.
Isolde Raftery is KUOW's online managing editor and can be reached at iraftery@kuow.org or via direct message on twitter @isolderaftery.
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