{"id":2457659,"date":"2020-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324862"},"modified":"2020-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T06:00:00","slug":"third-pitkin-county-death-report-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/third-pitkin-county-death-report-a-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Pitkin County death report a mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colorado\u2019s public health department erroneously reported Friday that a third COVID-19-related death occurred in Pitkin County, county Manager Jon Peacock said.<\/p>\n

County officials looked into the reported death and discovered that the name of the person entered on the state\u2019s website appears to be a misspelling of the name Pauli Laukkanen, 55, a Truscott resident who died in Pitkin County in late March, Peacock said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not aware of a third death in Pitkin County,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will continue to look into this, but at this point we think it\u2019s a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

The identity of the first person who died from COVID-19 in Pitkin County \u2014 a 94-year-old man \u2014 has not yet been released. Pitkin County Coroner Steve Ayers has said the pandemic is making notification of the man\u2019s family, which must be made in person, difficult.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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