April 21, 2020

An autopsy report has revealed (click here) the first COVID-19-related death in the United States happened weeks earlier than previously thought.

Officials in Santa Clara County, California, said Tuesday two people died at home on Feb. 6 and Feb. 17. The Medical Examiner-Coroner received confirmation Tuesday that tissue samples sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tested positive for the virus, officials said.

Before this, the first U.S. death from the virus had been reported on Feb. 29 in Kirkland, Washington.