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A 26-year-old Oregonian initially identified as the state’s youngest COVID-19 fatality tested negative for coronavirus during a specialized screening by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state officials and family members said Tuesday.
Now, lung samples collected during a private autopsy and sent to the CDC for specialized testing have also come back negative, the state medical examiner’s office confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
A 26-year-old Oregonian initially identified as the state’s youngest COVID-19 fatality tested negative for coronavirus during a specialized screening by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state officials and family members said Tuesday.
Now, lung samples collected during a private autopsy and sent to the CDC for specialized testing have also come back negative, the state medical examiner’s office confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
