The deaths in Washington state are concentrated in a nursing home. The people killed were elderly and vulnerable.
U.S. preps for a pandemic as coronavirus claims 6 lives in Washington state
The new disease has killed six people in the country, four from one nursing home near Seattle and two others in the same county.
The cluster of deaths at the nursing facility in King County highlights the serious threat the disease poses to the elderly and infirm.
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World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday that data has shown the new coronavirus disease to be considerably deadlier than the usual seasonal flu, but he added that it also appears to spread less easily.
Crucially, Tedros also said it did not appear that the new COVID-19 disease was spread readily by infected individuals who are not experiencing symptoms themselves.
That news came after days of experts warning that many thousands of cases could essentially be hidden around the world, spread quietly by infected people with either mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.
Tedros said about 3.4% of COVID-19 cases have died globally, a huge increase in previous estimates which have ranged between 1-2%.
Generally the seasonal flu kills less than 1% of those infected, Tedros said by way of comparison.
Wouldn't you like to have an island getaway with about a six month supply of everything, allowing you to live there that long in isolation?
Would that be long enough?
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