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Indoor events bring virus outbreak in Republic, Washington May 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail REPUBLIC, Wash. (AP) About 10% of the population of Republic, a small city in north-central Washington, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak traced to large indoor events last month at the local Fraternal Order of Eagles hall. Ferry County Memorial Hospital officials have confirmed more than 100 cases, with one reported death, since the April 9-11 events, including a membership drive that featured dinner, live music and a 1980s-themed karaoke night. Some patients have had to be transferred to Wenatchee and Yakima because of a lack of capacity at the 25-bed hospital the only hospital in a 50-mile radius and other closer facilities.

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