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County health officials confirmed Friday that a second Sonoma County resident has died from complications from the coronavirus.
The death was reported on the county website, socoemergency.org.
Officials have not released any further information about the person’s age, underlying health conditions or how long they had been infected, citing privacy concerns.
According to the Press Democrat, the first person to die from complications of the virus in the county was a man in his 60s with underlying health conditions who was exposed to the virus while on a cruise. County officials reported the death on March 20.
Santa Rosa police officer Marylou Armer also died from complications of the virus. She was a resident of Napa County and is not included in Sonoma County’s data. The department reported her death on Tuesday, March 31. Armer was the first Santa Rosa police officer to become infected with COVID-19.
Sonoma County recently began releasing demographic data about residents infected with the virus. According to their website as of April 11, 75% of those infected in the county have no underlying health conditions. Of those diagnosed in the county, 14% have had to be hospitalized.
