Washington state man becomes first U.S. coronavirus fatality

The patient, who was chronically ill prior to contracting COVID-19, died at EvergreenHealth Hospital in Kirkland, near Seattle, and officials are unsure how he was exposed to the virus, said Jeffrey Duchin, head of the Washington health department's communicable disease unit.The state has recorded two other "presumptive" coronavirus cases at a long-term care facility in Kirkland where more than 50 residents and staff could be showing symptoms, he said.The two cases at the Kirkland facility were