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COVID-19 ripped through communities east of the Cascades, killing people at twice the rate of Western Washington By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times
Published: December 28, 2020, 6:00am
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3 Photos Medical staff responds to a rapid response, in which a COVID-19 patient was in medical distress and signaled staff to intervene quickly at Samaritan Healthcare. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times/TNS) Photo Gallery
SOAP LAKE For months, McKay Healthcare and Rehab staff kept its elderly residents safe from COVID-19. But in late October, the virus slipped into the center’s 8-decade-old building.
By mid-December, 15 of the 31 residents had died from the disease.
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