Virus cases in at least 10 Seattle area nursing homes

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — At least 10 long-term care facilities in the Seattle area have reported COVID-19 cases, with deaths at three of them — a worrying development as health officials have cautioned that the elderly and those with underlying conditions are especially at risk.

Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday outlined a list of requirements for such centers aimed at stopping the worst coronavirus outbreak in the nation. A nursing home in Issaquah and another in Seattle each reported the death of a resident, bringing the total COVID-19 deaths in the state to at least 24. Nineteen of those deaths are tied to a Kirkland nursing home.

King County reported new cases were found in 10 long-term facilities where residents or staff or both have tested positive. The county reported an increase of 74 positive cases since Monday bringing the total to 190. Snohomish County said it had 54 confirmed cases. That brought the statewide total to more than 250, and Inslee said that number is likely much higher.

At a news conference Inslee also said the state is preparing for many more cases than have been reported, potentially tens of thousands, based on estimates of the spread of the disease.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/virus-cases-in-at-least-10-seattle-area-nursing-homes/ar-BB10ZT25?li=BBnb7Kz

[riversedge]

1. Who travels between these 10 sites? A lab tech? A minister? A social worker? Just wondering

what the common denominator is.

Food delivery? A physician? nursing aids pool?

[uppityperson]

2. Where do people gather outside there? When testing picks up, we'll see how

widespread it is, I think very. The common denominator is fragile health and age.

[defacto7]

3. Exactly