Warren County officials report first COVID-19 death of a county resident

[Rhiannon12866]

This was the headline today in the local newspaper

A North Creek man who went to the hospital with only minor symptoms two weeks ago died Sunday of coronavirus.

It was the first COVID-19 death of a Warren County resident. Public Health officials announced the death Monday.

The man was 84. He had no underlying health conditions and had stayed home to avoid the pandemic, going out only to grocery shop and then sanitizing his hands afterward.

His daughter brought him to Glens Falls Hospital on March 27 because he had a slight fever. Tests showed his oxygen levels were dangerously low. Due to the visitation ban to stop the spread of the illness, his daughter could not go into the hospital with him. That evening, he was sedated and placed on a ventilator. He never recovered.

His wife was hospitalized with coronavirus a day later. She was discharged from the hospital and is now recovering at a rehabilitation center.


Read more: https://poststar.com/news/local/warren-county-officials-report-first-covid-19-death-of-a-county-resident/article_3b387156-2cd3-567e-8112-66ac06c55c98.html



Warren County and Glens Falls Hospital are running a drive-up COVID-19 testing facility at the Warren County Municipal Center in Queensbury. However, heavy winds kept the site closed on Monday. Courtesy photo

[nuxvomica]

1. "Warren County Man Dies" was the banner headline

In the print edition. It says a lot about the world we live in now that no further detail was needed in the headline, that the casual reader would know what it means.