Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9

Mar 04, 20200

Mike Siegel – Associated Press count

People photograph the signage outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Tukwila, Washington, that was closed on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 due to concerns about COVID-19, after an employee who visited Life Care Center in Kirkland got sick, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

SEATTLE - Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis.

All of the deaths have occurred in Washington state, and most were residents of a nursing home in suburban Seattle. The number of infections in the U.S. overall climbed past 100, scattered across at least 15 states, with 27 cases in Washington alone.

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