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(BBC) - Coronavirus: California declares emergency after death

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'California has declared a state of emergency after announcing its first coronavirus death, bringing the US death toll from the disease to 11.

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There are now at least 150 reported US patients with Covid-19 in 16 states.

Worldwide, authorities have confirmed more than 92,000 cases of the virus, of which more than 80,000 are in China. More than 3,000 people have died globally, the vast majority in China.'

- BBC, Coronavirus: California declares emergency after death, March 5, 2020



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