The United States recorded the second case of Covid-19 deaths, amid an increasing number of infections, including two health workers in California.

Health officials in King County, Washington state, on Tuesday evening, said a man in his 70s with underlying disease died at Evergreen Heath Hospital in Kirkland on February 29 after being confirmed. nCoV infection.

Earlier, the first death case in the US for nCoV was also a man in his 50s with underlying medical conditions in Washington state. This locality has declared a state of emergency for the Covid-19 epidemic.

Evergreen Heath Hospital has three other cases of nCoV in critical condition, including one woman in her 80s, a woman in her 90s and a man in her 70s. announced two critical cases in Renton and Seattle.

The second death from nCoV in the United States came as the number of cases infected in the country exceeded 80. Officials on Tuesday said two health workers in the San Francisco Bay area, California, were involved. positive for nCoV after contact with a patient. They are isolated in their own home, but their health status has not been disclosed.

The US also noted that the first case of nCoV related to Europe was a man in his 40s on Rhode Island. This person has recently traveled to Italy, France and Spain. New York City on March 1 also appeared the first case of nCoV infection is a woman over 30 years old, now isolated at home in Manhattan.

The US government is strengthening its anti-Covid-19 measures, such as checking all passengers from countries at high risk of nCoV infection before and after the flight. Health and Social Security Minister Alex Azar said the US currently has 75,000 nCoV tests and will "rapidly" increase the number in the coming weeks.

The Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, since December 2019, has occurred in 67 countries and territories, with more than 88,500 cases and more than 3,000 deaths, together More than 45,000 people have recovered.