A woman in her 50s from Middlesex County has become the second person in Massachusetts to die from a coronavirus-related illness, state health officials said Saturday evening.

The woman had a pre-existing condition that put her at risk of suffering from a more severe case of the COVID-19 virus, health officials said statement.

The announcement came one day after an 87-year-old man from Winthrop was confirmed as the state’s first death from coronavirus.