Two patients in Florida have died per ABC news.
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10:33 p.m. 2 die of coronavirus in Florida
Two residents have died of coronavirus in Florida, the state’s department of health said late Friday, marking 17 in the country.
The Florida Department of Health announced three new cases, two in Broward County and one in Lee County. Officials said the person in Lee County died.
A second person died from a previously announced case in Santa Rosa County.
The two deaths in Florida are the first on the U.S.’s East Coast. The other 15 deaths were in Washington (14) and California (one).
The two people in Broward County, in South Florida, are both “isolated,” officials said. Their conditions were not released.
One pt. is the gentleman in Santa Rosa County who was diagnosed 1-2 days ago. The other is in Lee Co., previously unreported, presumptive COVID-19 positive. Both had history of international travel.