by Emma Fiala, The Mind Unleashed:

We’ve sifted through hundreds of articles and pulled out the most important developments so you don’t have to.

News about the novel coronavirus spreading throughout the United States and across the world is developing rapidly. It can be difficult and overwhelming to keep up with everything happening so we’ve sifted through hundreds of articles and pulled out what we feel are the most important developments so you don’t have to.

Here are six huge breaking news events that you need to know about the global outbreak of COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus.

Seattle Becomes Ground Zero Overnight as New Cases Explode Across US

On Monday, March 2 the second COVID-19-linked death in the United States was announced. Seemingly overnight, that total increased to at least 10, two of which were declared retroactively.

A female in her 80s and a male in his 50s both died in Washington state on February 26 but were not linked to COVID-19 until March 3. All of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far have been in the Seattle area.

According to King County, those deaths include:

• A female in her 80s, resident of LifeCare, never hospitalized, died at her family home on 2/26/20


• A male in his 50s, resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center and died on 2/26/20


• A male in his 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The man had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20


• A female in her 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The woman had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20


• A male in his 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The man had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20


• A female in her 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The woman had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20


• A female in her 80s, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. This person died on 3/1/20


• A male in his 70s was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth. He had underlying health conditions and died on 2/29/20


• A woman in her 70s, who was a resident of LifeCare in Kirkland, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth and died on 3/2/20


• A man in his 50s, who was hospitalized and died 2/28/20 at EvergreenHealth

However, the sister of a 54 year old Tacoma, WA man (former top aide in DC for a US senator) has announced his death due to COVID-19 in a Facebook post that has since been changed to private. He reportedly passed away Monday, March 2 and does not appear to be included in the tally above.

Also in Washington, an Amazon employee at one of the company’s Seattle offices has tested positive. According to Amazon, “The employee went home feeling unwell on Tuesday, February 25 and has not entered Amazon offices since that time.”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) closed their Washington office on Tuesday, according to DHS Secretary Chad Wolf.

King County, the county in which Seattle is located, has announced plans to purchase a motel to house coronavirus patients. King County also plans to use modular housing for this purpose.

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