A worker at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., wears a mask and a scarf as she walks away from the facility, Monday, March 9, 2020, near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
March 10, 2020
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March 10, 2020 4:25 p.m.
Virus cases in at least 10 Seattle area nursing homes
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.