First U.S. coronavirus death confirmed

T TV Monday 02/March/2020 08:21 AM
By: Times News Service

The Washington State Department of Health confirmed the first death in connection with coronavirus disease in 2019.

One person has died from COVID-19 in King County, Washington, making his/her death the first such case in the United States, health officials said.

The department made no further details about how the victim contracted the virus.

President Donald Trump said later in a press briefing that the victim is a woman in her late 50s