California reports third coronavirus death

Sacramento County reported its first COVID-19 death on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Sacramento County reported its first COVID-19 death on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Photo: Myung J. Chun / TNS Photo: Myung J. Chun / TNS Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close California reports third coronavirus death 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

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Sacramento County announced Tuesday that a woman in her 90s in an assisted-living facility died from corornavirus. This is the first death in the county and the third in California.

Health officials said the patient had an underlying health condition and "died of complications" related to the pneumonia-like virus.

Other details on the patient haven't been released.

“We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of this individual,” Sacramento County Department of Health Services Director Dr. Peter Beilenson said in statement. “We will all work to protect our most vulnerable residents from exposure to communicable diseases.

The first coronavirus death in California occurred in Placer County on March 4. The Placer County Health Department said the deceased was an elderly resident of the county who had underlying health conditions. The patient presumptively tested positive on March 3 at a California lab and was likely exposed on a Princess cruise ship that traveled from San Francisco to Mexico from Feb. 11 to 21, health officials said. The patient was under treatment in isolation at Kaiser Permanente Roseville.

The first Bay Area death was reported in Santa Clara County on March 9. A woman in her 60s passed away at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View on Monday, the first death tied to the novel coronavirus in the Bay Area. The woman was hospitalized for several weeks, Santa Clara County health officials said.

The state has 157 infected patients as of Tuesday. This number doesn't include passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship docked in Oakland.

Amy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her news tips and photos at agraff@sfgate.com.

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