A seemingly healthy 57-year-old Bay Area woman who 'suddenly died' in early February has now become the first known US death related to coronavirus, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
She was Patricia Dowd, a Bay Area woman who worked as a manager for a semiconductor company and who"exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication," the Los Angeles Times first reported Wednesday. Rick Cabello, Dowd's older brother, told CNN she didn't smoke and was in good health. "She was an athlete in her high school days, she was always active," Cabello said Wednesday. Her sudden death was a shock to family members.
• February 17: A second person in California's Santa Clara County dies of coronavirus; link not confirmed until April 21.
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