5 residents of a nursing home in Washington have died after a Covid-19 outbreak
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Five residents of a nursing home in Colville, Washington, have died of Covid-19 after an outbreak last month that infected 74 people, officials said.
The Northeast Tri-County Health District attributed the infections to the more transmissible Delta variant, which has been blamed for the surge in cases and hospitalizations across the country since the middle of the summer.
The district, in a statement Thursday, described the variant as "ruthless" and said 35 people have died in Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens counties, which it serves, since September 1.
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