Health & Fitness

Mayor: Coronavirus Claims Second Boston Resident

Mayor Marty Walsh said a second Boston resident has died as a result of the new coronavirus.

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A second Boston resident has died of complications from the new coronavirus, Mayor Marty Walsh said Monday afternoon.

Additional details were not immediately available.

State health officials on Sunday announced a first Suffolk County death. Walsh's announcement appears to confirm that victim, a man in his 90s with an underlying health condition, was from Boston.

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