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The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has made its way to the Pacific Northwest.

As of Wednesday evening, there are three cases in Oregon and no deaths. In Washington, there have been 10 deaths and there are 29 people who have tested positive for the virus.

See the latest numbers in Oregon from Oregon Health Authority

We’ll be updating this story each day with the latest news in both states. Here’s a look at what has happened to this point.

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March 4

  • Another person in Washington dies from coronavirus, the 10th death in the state connected to the outbreak. Twenty-nine others have tested positive for the virus.
  • The Wildhorse Resort & Casino, which closed on March 2 for deep cleaning after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, reopens. "The entire facility has been sanitized both by hand and through the use of a Clorox Total 360 System, an electrostatic spraying unit that delivers disinfectant up to 18,000 square feet per hour," the casino said in a statement.
  • Vice President Mike Pence announces he will visit Washington state on Thursday to meet with Gov. Jay Inslee amid the outbreak. 
  • Washington County in Oregon adopts an emergency declaration over coronavirus. The declaration allows the county to request state and federal funding help during its response to the virus. It also allows the county to quickly buy supplies, if needed. 
  • The latest numbers from the Oregon Health Authority show 16 more people tested negative for coronavirus, bringing the total of negative tests to 45. The number of positive tests remained at three. There have been 61 people tested for COVID-19. Officials are waiting on the results of 13 tests.

March 3

  • State health officials announce three more people in Washington have died of coronavirus, bringing the total to nine. A total of 27 people have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus and nine have died in King and Snohomish counties.  
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the results of the first presumed case of coronavirus in Oregon. The CDC has yet to get results on confirmation tests for the two other people in Oregon who tested positive at state labs for the virus.
  • The Oregon Health Authority updates its website with the latest coronavirus numbers in Oregon. The number of positive tests remains at three. Fifty total people have been tested. Twenty-nine did not have the virus and the state is awaiting results on the 18 other people. More than 100 people are being monitored.
  • Gov. Kate Brown sends a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, who is in charge of the federal government's coronavirus response, for $7 million to $10 million a month to help Oregon deal with coronavirus.

March 2

  • State health officials announce four more people in Washington have died from coronavirus, bringing the total to six. Eighteen people in the state are presumed to have the virus.
  • A third person in Oregon tests positive for COVID-19. This person lives in Umatilla County in Eastern Oregon and was an employee at Wildhorse Resort and Casino. The casino is temporarily closed so it can be deep-cleaned. The resort will reopen March 4 at noon.
  • The Oregon Health Authority says 101 people are under monitoring, and 226 others have either completed monitoring or were determined to not have any risk. 
  • Samples for 8 patients are awaiting testing in Oregon, while 17 others have tested negative.
  • Clackamas County declares a state of emergency in response to the coronavirus. The county says the move is a precautionary measure. 
  • Clark County sends specimens for seven people to the state testing lab. These are the first coronavirus tests for people in the Southwest Washington county. 
  • Kaiser Permanente confirmed that dozens of employees at the Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro were told to stay home in isolation for 14 days after they may have had contact with a patient who tested positive for coronavirus.

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Feb. 27

  • Washington state health officials say there is “no need to panic” about coronavirus. Officials also announce the state will be able to begin testing people for COVID-19 beginning the next day.

Feb. 24

  • Oregon Health Authority releases first numbers of people in the state being monitored for coronavirus. Seventy-six people are being monitored.

Feb. 21

  • Oregon health officials refuse to say how many people in Oregon are being monitored for coronavirus.
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Editor's note: To put the coronavirus numbers in context, millions of Americans get the flu every single year and there are thousands of flu deaths annually. Since October 2019, the CDC estimates around 32 million Americans have gotten the flu. That’s one in every 10 Americans. Since the coronavirus outbreak began late last year, there have been around 80,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in China. That means those cases account for just around .0056% of China's population.

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