The Los Angeles Times revealed that the first death from corona virus in the United States was caused by a 57-year-old woman who died suddenly in early February.
The newspaper reported that Patricia Dodd, a company director in Santa Clara County, California, was exercising routinely, observing her diet and not taking any medication.
Rick Capello, the woman's older brother, told CNN that his sister was not smoking and was in good health.
"She was an athlete during her high school days, she was always active," Capello added, so her sudden death shocked family members, who initially thought she had suffered a heart attack.
But a recent report from Santa Clara County changed that belief, as it showed that two people had died in early February as a result of infection with the Corona virus.
The report described one of the victims as a 57-year-old woman who died on February 6, while the second person was a 67-year-old man who died on February 17.
The Los Angeles Times reported that before a dead worm was found on February 6, "she had flu-like symptoms for a few days and then seemed to recover."
Five days before her death, Dodd called her brother to tell him that she could not go for a family visit in Stockton, California, and later canceled plans to go to the weekend's funeral.
Dodd started working from home as her condition improved and she was in touch with a colleague at about 8 am on the day of her death, but she was found dead after about two hours, according to the newspaper.
Santa Clara County said in a press release that the two victims were not tested for corona virus at the time of their death because the ability to test was limited, and were limited to people with a known travel history and showed certain symptoms.
Provincial officials said that the two victims who died in February had influenza-like symptoms before they died.