https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/04/first-coronavirus-death-reported-in-california/ > By Gene Johnson, Carla K. Johnson and Martha Bellisle | Associated Press > SEATTLE — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a victim succumbing in California — the nation’s first reported fatality outside Washington state — as officials, schools and businesses came under pressure to respond more aggressively to the outbreak.