PETTUS BRIDGE IN ALABAMA. WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE.

WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE. >>> LET US BEGIN WITH BREAKING

>>> LET US BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS ON CORONAVIRUS.

NEWS ON CORONAVIRUS. TWO NEW CASES IN WASHINGTON

TWO NEW CASES IN WASHINGTON STATE, ADDING TO CASES REPORTED

STATE, ADDING TO CASES REPORTED TODAY IN ILLINOIS AND RHODE

TODAY IN ILLINOIS AND RHODE ISLAND.

ISLAND. THAT MAKES 74 CONFIRMED CASES OF

THAT MAKES 74 CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE U.S.

COVID-19 IN THE U.S. THE NEW CASES CONFIRMED IN

THE NEW CASES CONFIRMED IN WASHINGTON STATE COME A DAY

WASHINGTON STATE COME A DAY AFTER THAT STATE ANNOUNCED THAT

AFTER THAT STATE ANNOUNCED THAT A MAN DIED FROM COVID-19, THE

A MAN DIED FROM COVID-19, THE DISEASE CAUSED BY THIS STRAIN OF

DISEASE CAUSED BY THIS STRAIN OF THE VIRUS, THE FIRST KNOWN DEATH

THE VIRUS, THE FIRST KNOWN DEATH IN THE U.S.

IN THE U.S. THE STRAIN MAY HAVE BEEN

THE STRAIN MAY HAVE BEEN SPREADING THERE FOR WEEKS.

SPREADING THERE FOR WEEKS. >> WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE TIP

>> WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, SO WE’RE SEEING

OF THE ICEBERG, SO WE’RE SEEING THE MOST CRITICALLY ILL

THE MOST CRITICALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS, USUALLY THAT MEANS

INDIVIDUALS, USUALLY THAT MEANS THERE’S A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE

THERE’S A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS OF LESS SEVERE

OF INDIVIDUALS OF LESS SEVERE ILLNESS FLOATING AROUND OUT

ILLNESS FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE.

THERE. >> THE WHITE HOUSE IS TELLING

>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS TELLING AMERICANS THE DISEASE IS UNDER

AMERICANS THE DISEASE IS UNDER CONTROL AND URGING US TO STAY

CONTROL AND URGING US TO STAY CALM.

CALM. HERE IS WHAT VICE PRESIDENT MIKE

HERE IS WHAT VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAID THIS MORNING ON "MEET

PENCE SAID THIS MORNING ON "MEET THE PRESS."

THE PRESS." >> ENCOURAGING NEWS IS THAT OF

>> ENCOURAGING NEWS IS THAT OF THE NOW 22 AMERICANS INCLUDING

THE NOW 22 AMERICANS INCLUDING THE MAN WHO SADLY LOST HIS LIFE,

THE MAN WHO SADLY LOST HIS LIFE, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE

THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE RECOVERING WELL.

RECOVERING WELL. WE HAVE THIS MAN’S FAMILY IN OUR

WE HAVE THIS MAN’S FAMILY IN OUR HEARTS AND WE’LL KEEP ALL OF

HEARTS AND WE’LL KEEP ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE DEALING WITH AND

THOSE THAT ARE DEALING WITH AND WORKING TO RECOVER IN OUR

WORKING TO RECOVER IN OUR PRAYERS.

PRAYERS. >> WE’LL GET INTO THE

>> WE’LL GET INTO THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE NUMBER

DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF CASES THE WHITE HOUSE IS

OF CASES THE WHITE HOUSE IS REPORTING AND THE NUMBER THAT

REPORTING AND THE NUMBER THAT NBC NEWS IS REPORTING IN A

NBC NEWS IS REPORTING IN A SECOND.

SECOND. FIRST LET’S GET TO SCOTT CONE IN

FIRST LET’S GET TO SCOTT CONE IN KIRKLAND SEATTLE, NEAR WHERE THE

KIRKLAND SEATTLE, NEAR WHERE THE DEATH OCCURRED.

DEATH OCCURRED. ALSO KELLY O’DONNELL AT THE

ALSO KELLY O’DONNELL AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

WHITE HOUSE. SCOTT, LET’S START WITH YOU AND

SCOTT, LET’S START WITH YOU AND THE NEW CASES WE’RE HEARING

THE NEW CASES WE’RE HEARING ABOUT IN THE STATE.

ABOUT IN THE STATE. >> Reporter: SURE.

>> Reporter: SURE. YOU MENTIONED 74.

YOU MENTIONED 74. THERE ARE MANY HERE AROUND

THERE ARE MANY HERE AROUND SEATTLE.

SEATTLE. ONE IS A MALE IN HIS 60s,

ONE IS A MALE IN HIS 60s, HOSPITALIZED IN RENTON IN

HOSPITALIZED IN RENTON IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

CRITICAL CONDITION. HE HAD UNDERLYING RESPIRATORY

HE HAD UNDERLYING RESPIRATORY HEALTH CONDITIONS.

HEALTH CONDITIONS. AND ANOTHER MALE IN HIS 60s IN

AND ANOTHER MALE IN HIS 60s IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AT

CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AT THE VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL

THE VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER.

CENTER. AND THE FIRST DEATH FROM

AND THE FIRST DEATH FROM COVID-19 WAS HERE AT THE

COVID-19 WAS HERE AT THE EVERGREEN HEALTH FACILITY.

EVERGREEN HEALTH FACILITY. IN ALL WITH THESE NEW CASES

IN ALL WITH THESE NEW CASES ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS COMING

ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS COMING OUT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT

OUT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT CASES IN WASHINGTON STATE AND

CASES IN WASHINGTON STATE AND ANOTHER FOUR UNDER

ANOTHER FOUR UNDER INVESTIGATION.

INVESTIGATION. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, ABOUT A

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM HERE IS THE

MILE AWAY FROM HERE IS THE NURSING FACILITY WHERE TWO

NURSING FACILITY WHERE TWO PEOPLE -- TWO OF THE CASES WERE,

PEOPLE -- TWO OF THE CASES WERE, ONE IS A RESIDENT OF THE

ONE IS A RESIDENT OF THE FACILITY, ONE IS A WORKER THERE,

FACILITY, ONE IS A WORKER THERE, AND ANOTHER 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE

AND ANOTHER 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS MAY

BEEN EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS MAY HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH

HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH THEM, AND THEY TOO ARE UNDER

THEM, AND THEY TOO ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

INVESTIGATION. SO WE KNEW THESE NUMBERS WOULD

SO WE KNEW THESE NUMBERS WOULD INCREASE, AND THAT DOES SEEM TO

INCREASE, AND THAT DOES SEEM TO BE THE CASE.