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>>> LET US BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS ON CORONAVIRUS.
TWO NEW CASES IN WASHINGTON
STATE, ADDING TO CASES REPORTED
TODAY IN ILLINOIS AND RHODE
ISLAND.
ISLAND. THAT MAKES 74 CONFIRMED CASES OF
COVID-19 IN THE U.S.
THE NEW CASES CONFIRMED IN
WASHINGTON STATE COME A DAY
AFTER THAT STATE ANNOUNCED THAT
A MAN DIED FROM COVID-19, THE
DISEASE CAUSED BY THIS STRAIN OF
THE VIRUS, THE FIRST KNOWN DEATH
IN THE U.S.
THE STRAIN MAY HAVE BEEN
SPREADING THERE FOR WEEKS.
>> WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE TIP
OF THE ICEBERG, SO WE’RE SEEING
THE MOST CRITICALLY ILL
INDIVIDUALS, USUALLY THAT MEANS
THERE’S A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE
OF INDIVIDUALS OF LESS SEVERE
ILLNESS FLOATING AROUND OUT
THERE.
THERE. >> THE WHITE HOUSE IS TELLING
AMERICANS THE DISEASE IS UNDER
CONTROL AND URGING US TO STAY
CALM.
CALM. HERE IS WHAT VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE SAID THIS MORNING ON "MEET
THE PRESS."
THE PRESS." >> ENCOURAGING NEWS IS THAT OF
THE NOW 22 AMERICANS INCLUDING
THE MAN WHO SADLY LOST HIS LIFE,
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE
RECOVERING WELL.
RECOVERING WELL. WE HAVE THIS MAN’S FAMILY IN OUR
HEARTS AND WE’LL KEEP ALL OF
THOSE THAT ARE DEALING WITH AND
WORKING TO RECOVER IN OUR
PRAYERS.
PRAYERS. >> WE’LL GET INTO THE
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE NUMBER
OF CASES THE WHITE HOUSE IS
REPORTING AND THE NUMBER THAT
NBC NEWS IS REPORTING IN A
SECOND.
SECOND. FIRST LET’S GET TO SCOTT CONE IN
KIRKLAND SEATTLE, NEAR WHERE THE
DEATH OCCURRED.
DEATH OCCURRED. ALSO KELLY O’DONNELL AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. SCOTT, LET’S START WITH YOU AND
THE NEW CASES WE’RE HEARING
ABOUT IN THE STATE.
>> Reporter: SURE.
YOU MENTIONED 74.
THERE ARE MANY HERE AROUND
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. ONE IS A MALE IN HIS 60s,
HOSPITALIZED IN RENTON IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
CRITICAL CONDITION. HE HAD UNDERLYING RESPIRATORY
HEALTH CONDITIONS.
HEALTH CONDITIONS. AND ANOTHER MALE IN HIS 60s IN
CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AT
THE VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL
CENTER.
CENTER. AND THE FIRST DEATH FROM
COVID-19 WAS HERE AT THE
EVERGREEN HEALTH FACILITY.
IN ALL WITH THESE NEW CASES
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS COMING
OUT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT
CASES IN WASHINGTON STATE AND
ANOTHER FOUR UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, ABOUT A
MILE AWAY FROM HERE IS THE
NURSING FACILITY WHERE TWO
PEOPLE -- TWO OF THE CASES WERE,
ONE IS A RESIDENT OF THE
FACILITY, ONE IS A WORKER THERE,
AND ANOTHER 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS MAY
HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH
THEM, AND THEY TOO ARE UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. SO WE KNEW THESE NUMBERS WOULD
INCREASE, AND THAT DOES SEEM TO
BE THE CASE.