Seattle’s “autonomous zone” stretches for several blocks in the densely packed Capitol Hill neighbourhood just east of downtown.

Since the pandemic began, B.C. has issued only statistics for its five health regions: Vancouver Coastal, Fraser, Vancouver Island, Interior and Northern.

Provincial health officials announce 35 new cases in B.C., pushing the province’s total to 1,445.

It is believed to be the first wrongful death lawsuit against Life Care Centers, whose facility in Kirkland was the initial epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, and has been linked to at least 35 coronavirus deaths.

"The only comforting thing about this is that they're together still," said Jason Jaspar.

Traffic in Washington is lighter than normal due to the coronavirus — but not light enough to teach an old dog some new tricks.

Neal Browning says he and 44 other people participating in the study are the 'animal trials' for a potential novel coronavirus vaccine.

As of Monday, six people had died of the virus in Washington, where a state of emergency has been declared.

Officials said a man in his 70s with underlying health conditions who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 died on Saturday.

Many cases of the virus have been relatively mild, and some of those infected are believed to show no symptoms at all.