Russia clarifies cause of first virus-linked death
Russia reported its first death connected to the coronavirus pandemic yesterday, initially saying an elderly woman died of pneumonia before changing the cause of death to a blood clot.
The Moscow health department said the 79-year-old, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died in a Moscow hospital.
Svetlana Krasnova, head doctor at Moscow's hospital No. 2 for infectious diseases, said in a statement that the woman had been admitted with "a host of chronic diseases", including type 2 diabetes and heart problems.
Officials said she had been treated in an intensive care unit and that people she had contact with had been isolated.
The statement said she died from pneumonia and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Twitter: "Unfortunately, we have the first loss from the coronavirus infection."
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