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STEUBENVILLE – Jefferson County has now lost two residents to COVID-19.
The second victim, a woman with underlying health conditions, died Tuesday in a hospital.
To protect the family’s privacy, Jefferson County Health Commissioner Nicole Balakos declined to say what hospital was treating her, where the victim lived or, in this case, her age because it could be identifying.
As of Tuesday evening, there were 48 confirmed cases reported in Jefferson County, including at least five in an area nursing home. Twenty-one of those 48 patients have recovered, Balakos has said.
Jefferson County’s first coronavirus fatality, a 73-year-old man, died at home April 20, nine days after he tested positive. The man, who lived alone, had no underlying health conditions.