The United States reports first two deaths and 88 cases. The United States recorded its first two deaths attributed to the coronavirus over the weekend, as states from coast to coast reported new infections leading to a drastic jump in the total number of cases. On Friday, there were 65 cases and no known deaths in the United States. Fewer than 48 hours later, a single hospital in Washington State reported two deaths, the makings of a cluster, and the total number of cases nationwide jumped 35 percent, to 88. One state, Florida, declared a public health emergency, even as Vice President Mike Pence, tapped to lead the federal response to the crisis, sought to calm the public’s nerves. Officials in Washington State said on Sunday that a second person, a man in his 70s with underlying health conditions, had died at EvergreenHealth hospital in Kirkland. That is the […]