WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A second Virginia man from the Peninsula region has died from COVID-19, Governor Ralph Northam confirmed Monday.
The man, who was in his 70s, is the second person who has died from novel coronavirus in the state.
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On Saturday, Northam confirmed the first death in the Commonwealth.
Health officials say the first patient was also a man in his 70s. He contracted the virus from an "unknown source."
He also lived in the Peninsula Health District, which covers Newport News, Williamsburg, and nearby areas.
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