Vice President Pence will travel on Thursday to Washington state, which is grappling with an increasing number of coronavirus cases.

Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, tweeted that the vice president will travel to Olympia. He will meet with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Jay Robert InsleeBarr asked prosecutors to explore charging Seattle mayor over protest zone: report Bottom line Oregon senator says Trump's blame on 'forest management' for wildfires is 'just a big and devastating lie' MORE (D) and other state and local officials in the capital city.

.@Mike_Pence will be traveling to Olympia, Washington tomorrow. — Katie Miller (@VPPressSec) March 4, 2020

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Pence told reporters during a meeting with medical lab executives on Wednesday that a 10th American has died from coronavirus.

Nine deaths have been reported in Washington, where state officials have confirmed 27 total cases of the coronavirus.

The vice president was previously scheduled to travel to Wisconsin and Minnesota on Thursday for campaign events. He is still expected to stop in Minnesota to meet with executives from 3M, which is producing masks and other medical equipment.

Pence was tasked last week with leading the administration's coronavirus response. He met Wednesday with lab CEOs and airline executives as the administration assesses the fallout of the virus.

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