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Person In 30s Dies Of COVID-19; 12th Coronavirus Related Death In Region

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

On Nov. 25, the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced that a resident of the region died due to complications of COVID-19. The individual was in their 30s. This is the second person in the Y-K Delta under the age of 40 that has died from the coronavirus. There have been 12 deaths related to the pandemic since it began, most of them Elders.

Greg Kim was a news reporter for KYUK from 2019-2022.
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