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A Tulsa County man became the state’s first resident to die from COVID-19 on Wednesday, one day after he tested positive for the disease.

Tulsa County health officials said Thursday that it also was the first case of community spread in the county. The man was identified by friends and peers as Merle Dry.

Dry tested positive for the disease Tuesday and died from complications the following day. Health officials had identified him as potentially infected only on Monday. Tulsa Health Department Director Bruce Dart said it “went that fast.”

Dry’s family is under quarantine, said Dart, who did not identify the man at a Thursday news conference.