{"id":806804,"date":"2020-04-26T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=382292"},"modified":"2020-04-26T12:41:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T18:41:03","slug":"summit-county-reports-2nd-covid-19-related-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-reports-2nd-covid-19-related-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County reports 2nd COVID-19 related death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"23.915596330275\">\n<p>DILLON \u2014 A second COVID-19 related death has been confirmed in Summit County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, an 89-year-old Summit County man died from respiratory failure due to COVID-19, <a href=\"http:\/\/summitcountyco.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to a news release from Summit County<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>. The patient tested positive for the novel coronavirus prior to death and died at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center. The hospital listed liver cancer as a secondary cause of death, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s death is the first in Summit County that lists the disease caused by the new coronavirus as the primary cause of death. The first COVID-19 related death in Summit County was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-county-man-who-died-later-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/\">reported April 11<\/a>, but an autopsy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/covid-19-was-not-the-primary-cause-of-death-for-silverthorne-man\/\">later revealed that the virus was not the primary cause of death<\/a> for that man, who was in his 60s.<\/p>\n<p>Summit County spokeswoman Julie Sutor explained that the death was still listed as a COVID-19 related death in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.summit.co.us\/1323\/Case-Data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">county\u2019s coronavirus case data<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i> to maintain consistency with the state\u2019s data, as the state counts any individual who dies with a positive COVID-19 infection as a coronavirus death even if it is not the primary cause of death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.254797441365\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 sd-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.081545064378\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a Summit Daily News reader, you make our work possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your financial support is critical to help us keep our communities informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on our residents and businesses. Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your donation will be used exclusively to support quality, local journalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button><\/div>\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-county-reports-2nd-covid-19-related-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DILLON \u2014 A second COVID-19 related death has been confirmed in Summit County.&nbsp; On Saturday, an 89-year-old Summit County man died from respiratory failure due to COVID-19, according to a news release from Summit County. The patient tested positive for the novel coronavirus prior to death and died at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center. 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