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trump coronavirus, Health officials in Placer County said earlier Wednesday that the first deceased person in the state was an elderly adult who had underlying health issues. The news comes on the same day that Washington state reported an additional COVID-19 fatality, bringing the national death toll to 11. The patient tested presumptively positive on Tuesday and was likely exposed during international travel from Feb. 11-21 on a Princess cruise ship that departed from San Francisco to Mexico, Placer County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson, said in a statement.

trump coronavirus - The coronavirus is prompting school closings in some parts of the U.S. and puts a major glitch in worship plans for millions of Muslims in the Middle East; Fox News correspondent David Lee Miller reports. A medical screener at Los Angeles International Airport is one of six new confirmed cases of coronavirus in California. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it’s unclear if the person contracted the virus through their work as a medical screener or from community transmission. The agency said no travelers screened at LAX have tested positive for coronavirus.

trump coronavirus, The person, who is a contractor for Homeland Security, is being quarantined at home and has mild symptoms. CLICK HERE FOR FOX NEWS' CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE A medical screener at Los Angeles International Airport is one of six new confirmed cases of coronavirus in California. (iStock) The patient last worked at the airport on Feb. 21 and began feeling cold-like symptoms on Feb. 29. The patient’s doctor tested them for coronavirus on March 1. Officials say the screener wore protective equipment at the airport.

trump coronavirus - It was unclear if the airport medical screener contracted the virus through their work at the airport or from so-called community transmission, according to a statement from Homeland Security. No travelers screened at the Los Angeles airport have tested positive for the virus. Earlier Wednesday, officials in Los Angeles County announced that six new cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed, up from one previously. The airport screener is one of those six patients. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

trump coronavirus - Across California, more than 50 people have tested positive for the virus, including several who got it through community transmission, according to the state Department of Public Health. More than 500 people have been tested for the virus. The Associated Press contributed to this report.