March 1, 2021 at 10:56 am
Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer, Public Health – Seattle & King County, addresses a news conference, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
One year ago this weekend, on Leap Day 2020, what was then the nation’s first known coronavirus death was announced here in the Puget Sound.
Seattle-King County Public Health stated that the death was a man in his 50s at EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland. Public Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin also noted a cluster of COVID-19 cases at Life Care Center in Kirkland, the greatest number of cases seen in one spot in Washington to that date.
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Jennie Wu, Director of Urgent Clinics at Evergreen Health Medical Center, receives the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Dr. Ettore Palazzo on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at Evergreen Health Medical Center in Kirkland. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
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At the end of last February, Alice Cortez, a nurse, noticed that many of her patients were sick with breathing problems. Cortez works at Life Care Center, a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington.