The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office has announced the first death in the city related to the coronavirus.
The victim is a 66-year-old man with an extensive medical history who was hospitalized for several days prior to this death. The cause of death is listed as complications from coronavirus. It’s unclear how the man contracted the virus or if he had traveled recently.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is in a 14-day self-quarantine, after coming in contact with a person with coronavirus. Wisconsin’s first two deaths as a result of the virus, confirmed Thursday, are a man in his 50s in Fond du Lac County and a man in his 90s from Ozaukee County.
