A 78-year-old man from Lauderdale County became the state's second death victim of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, according to media reports and social media posts from his family.

The Times Daily reported on Wednesday that Albert Johnson Trousdale of Elgin was diagnosed with COVID-19 and on Thursday, reported that he had died from the disease.

"Johnson went to join Nicky in Heaven this morning. He will be missed by so many people. Please pray for Nancy, Julie, Matt and Nicole. Details of Funeral Arrangements will be announced at a later time," a post on the Albert Trousdale's Recovery and Updates Facebook page stated on Thursday morning.

Lauderdale County has seven confirmed cases of COVID-19, as of Thursday afternoon. As a state, Alabama has 472, with 47 of the state's 67 counties having a confirmed case.

The first coronavirus death was confirmed by Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday evening, out of Jackson County.

When asked to confirm or deny whether Trousdale was the second coronavirus death, the Alabama Public Health Department responded via email that the, "ADPH conducts a complete investigation of any death reported in persons infected with COVID-19 before including this in our official data. If the death is determined to be COVID-19-related, our dashboard will show this."

The coronavirus COVID-19 causes flu- and pneumonia-like illnesses in those young and relatively healthy, though some experts caution it is still more dangerous and intense than the average flu for many patients.

But it can be deadly, particularly in those older than 60 or with pre-existing health conditions, and young people may be transmitting the virus without even knowing it, says Alabama Emergency Management Agency Director Brian Hastings.

Alabama cases by county:

Autauga (6)

Baldwin (4)

Blount (2)

Bullock (1)

Butler (1)

Calhoun (2)

Chambers (9)

Cherokee (1)

Chilton (4)

Choctaw (1)

Clay (1)

Cleburne (1)

Colbert (1)

Coosa (1)

Cullman (6)

Dallas (3)

DeKalb (1)

Elmore (10)

Etowah (3)

Franklin (2)

Houston (3)

Jackson (3)

Jefferson (144)

Lamar (1)

Lauderdale (7)

Lawrence (2)

Lee (45)

Limestone (11)

Lowndes (1)

Madison (39)

Marengo (1)

Marion (7)

Marshall (3)

Mobile (16)

Montgomery (16)

Morgan (8)

Pickens (1)

Pike (2)

Russell (1)

St. Clair (6)

Shelby (50)

Talladega (4)

Tallapoosa (4)

Tuscaloosa (17)

Walker (18)

Washington (1)

Wilcox (1)

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