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    California announces earliest publicly known U.S. coronavirus deaths.


    Officials in Santa Clara County, Calif., announced late Tuesday that two residents there died of the coronavirus in early and mid-February, making them the earliest known victims of the pandemic in the United States.

    The new information may shift the timeline of the virus’s spread through the country weeks earlier than previously believed.


    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/u...s-updates.html

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      A healthy woman suddenly died. She was the first known coronavirus fatality in the U.S.

      (Anda Chu / Bay Area News Group)
      By MATT HAMILTON, PAIGE ST. JOHN
      APRIL 22, 20205:56 PM UPDATED 8:31 PM

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      The San Jose woman was a seemingly healthy 57-year-old who exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication. She had flu-like symptoms for a few days, then appeared to recover, a family member said. Then she was found dead Feb. 6, and the initial culprit appeared to be a heart attack.

      This week, authorities confirmed to Dowd’s family that she tested positive for the novel coronavirus, making her the first such documented fatality in the nation.
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      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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