By Aaron Miller-
A healthy woman who died from the coronavirus has become the first to be named after members of her family highlighted her death to warn the public.
The cause of the 57 year old San Jose woman’s death was previously put down to ordinary flu until subsequent tests later revealed she had died of Covid-19.
The 57-year-old San Jose woman exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication. She is said to have had flu-like symptoms for a few days, then appeared to recover, a family member said. The news comes after nearly a week’s discussion about the need for extensive research on Covid-19 victims with no known underlying conditions.
This week, authorities confirmed to Dowd’s family that she tested positive for the novel coronavirus, in the first documented fatality in the U.S. Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody told the LA Times described the deaths of three people in the county , one Feb. 6, another Feb. 17, and a third March 6 as evidence that the novel coronavirus arrived in the Bay Area far earlier than expected and spread. Previously, the first documented fatality was outside Seattle on Feb. 29.
“None of these cases had a significant travel history,” Cody said Wednesday of the three deaths. “We presume that each of them represent community transmission and that there was some significant level of virus circulating in our community in early February … and who knows how much earlier.”
“She wasn’t feeling well, which was very unusual for her,” Cabello said. “I remember her specifically saying ‘I’m not feeling well,'” he added.“None of these cases had a significant travel history,” Cody said Wednesday of the three deaths. “We presume that each of them represent community transmission and that there was some significant level of virus circulating in our community in early February . and who knows how much earlier.”
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