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First known coronavirus victim in U.S. died of 'burst' heart, pathologist says

By The Mercury News  
   April 28, 2020

A Santa Clara County woman now believed to be the first person in the U.S. killed by the novel coronavirus died of a ruptured heart caused by her body’s struggle to defeat the virus, her autopsy shows.

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