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A third person died Friday from a viral outbreak at a retirement center in Vancouver, Wash., which has so far sickened more than 55 residents and workers, authorities said.
Forty residents and 19 staff members of the Cascade Inn were affected by the norovirus. Nine people have been hospitalized, Clark County health officials said, according to the Associated Press.
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The first patient died late Wednesday and the second Thursday morning.
All three deaths involved elderly residents with other
underlying medical conditions, health officials said.
The 180 residents of the Cascade Inn have been asked to remain in their rooms and their friends and families are being urged not to visit them. All social activities have been cancelled, the reported.
Norovirus is common and includes symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
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