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Autopsies reveal US virus deaths weeks before first reported fatality

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Two people who died in California in early and mid February were confirmed as coronavirus cases - weeks before the first reported Covid-19 fatality in the United States.

Autopsies on the two individuals who died at home on 6 February and 17 February showed they had succumbed to Covid-19, the Santa Clara County coroner said, after receiving confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Another person who passed away in Santa Clara County on 6 March also died of the disease caused by the coronavirus, the medical examiner-coroner said in a statement. "These three individuals died at home during a time when very limited testing was available only through the CDC," the coroner said. "Testing criteria set by the CDC at

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