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Patient at Seattle Children’s North Clinic in Everett tests positive for coronavirus
Author: Hannah Everman (KING5)
Published: 10:01 AM PST February 29, 2020
Updated: 10:47 AM PST March 1, 2020
Excerpt:
So far, there are six cases in King County and two in Snohomish County.
The King County patients include a man in his 60s hospitalized at Valley Medical Center in Renton, another man in his 60s hospitalized at Virginia Mason Medical Center, a woman in her 50s who traveled to South Korea, a woman in her 70s at LifeCare in Kirkland, a woman in her 40s also at LifeCare in Kirkland and a man in his 50s who died at EvergreenHealth.
One student at Jackson High School in Mill Creek tested positive, and the first patient in the country to test positive for coronavirus was in Everett.
A patient at Seattle Children’s North Clinic in Everett presumptively tested positive. The patient visited the clinic on Feb. 24. Health officials are reaching out to clinic employees and patient families who may have been exposed. The age of the patient is unknown. It is not known if this patient is the same person as the Jackson High School student.
ITALY
1577 cases, 639 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 140 are in intensive care, while 798 are in home isolation.
For perspective - Italy had its first 2 cases on Jan 30th.