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First Zika-Related Death in Continental U.S. Confirmed

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Elderly victim in Utah.

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A resident of Salt Lake County, Utah, is the first person in the continental United States to die after being infected with the Zika virus, health officials confirmed Friday. The unnamed person is described as elderly, and died in late June. While the person tested positive for Zika, health officials say they cannot definitively prove the virus was the cause of death.

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