The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is reporting the first COVID-19 related death in Colorado has occurred.
The death occurred in El Paso County at Memorial Hospital Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado and involved a female in her 80s.
BREAKING: Colorado today reported the first death from COVID-19.
— Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (@CDPHE) March 13, 2020
“We offer our deepest, heartfelt condolences to the family and are saddened by this news.” – Susan Wheelan, @EPCPublicHealth Director. https://t.co/YQtIeHUvU2 #COVID19colorado pic.twitter.com/6RDQgRuxwn
Governor Jared Polis issued this statement: “While we were expecting this day, it doesn’t make it any less difficult to hear and share this news. As a state we are in mourning and our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of the Coloradan we lost.”
