Three more people have died of the coronavirus in Washington state, raising the death toll in the state and the nation to five, health officials said Monday.
“We are reporting four new cases today,” Jeffrey Duchin, a health officer in King County and Seattle, said on Twitter. “Of the four cases, two have died. In addition, one of our previously reported cases has now died.”
The global death count rose above 3,000, and the number of confirmed cases rose to almost 90,000. In the U.S., more than 80 cases have been reported. The two previous U.S. deaths occurred over the weekend at Evergreen Health in King County, Washington. The victims were men who had underlying health conditions.
President Donald Trump will meet with pharmaceutical executives later Monday. The meeting had been set up to discuss drug prices, but coronavirus will be front and center now. The gathering will include Vice President Mike Pence and members of his coronavirus task force.
“We’re talking about a vaccine, maybe even a cure,” Trump told reporters
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