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Elderly Woman At Utah Nursing Home Dies Of The Coronavirus

A woman at a nursing home in Salt Lake City has died of the coronavirus. State and local health officials say the woman died Thursday, and three other patients are hospitalized. She was among eight people, including two staff members, who tested positive for the coronavirus at the facility. Health officials say the woman who died was 85 or older. They did not identify the nursing home. The first patient to be diagnosed has been hospitalized since March 27, and all of the residents have since been isolated. Those who test negative will be transferred to another facility. Eight people have died of the coronavirus in Utah.