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Early COVID-19 deaths

2020-04-22 20:27:58.860614+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

County of Santa Clara Identifies Three Additional Early COVID-19 Deaths

The Medical Examiner-Coroner performed autopsies on two individuals who died at home on February 6, 2020 and February 17, 2020. Samples from the two individuals were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Today, the Medical Examiner-Coroner received confirmation from the CDC that tissue samples from both cases are positive for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).

Additionally, the Medical Examiner-Coroner has also confirmed that an individual who died in the county on March 6 died of COVID-19.

(WaPo: Autopsies find first U.S. coronavirus death occurred in early February, weeks earlier than previously thought

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