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FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio discuss the state and city's preparedness for the spread of the coronavirus, in New York. The wife, two children and neighbor of a New York lawyer who is hospitalized in critical condition with COVID-19 have also tested positive for the disease. Gov. Cuomo made the announcement on Wednesday, March 4.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11
March 4, 2020 6:02 p.m.

Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California — the first reported fatality outside Washington state — as federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home where most of the victims were stricken.