US Vice President Mike Pence and White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx are holding a briefing on the coronavirus outbreak in Washington DC, after six deaths linked to the novel virus were confirmed in the United States.
In total, the United States has more than 80 documented cases of the virus, the Johns Hopkins Center for System Science and Engineering indicated. Four more individuals died in Washington state on Monday, bringing the death toll from coronavirus to six.
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