"Public Health – Seattle & King County announced on Sunday afternoon four additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in King County residents, including one death, bringing the total of confirmed cases to ten," the health officials said in a Sunday statement.
The latest death occurred on Saturday. The patient was a man in his 70s. The first person to die from COVID-19 was a man in his 50s.
"With these four new results, the total number of cases in King County is ten. Today’s results include an additional death, bringing the total number of deaths in King County from COVID-19 to two," the Seattle and King County Public Health statement says.
According to the release, all the new cases, as well as both of the deaths, occurred at the same EvergreenHealth facility in Kirkland.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the US stood at 76 as of Sunday. The number includes people who were evacuated from a Diamon Princess cruise ship in Japan and the city of Wuhan in China.
