RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County health officials said the body of a 25-year-old pharmacy technician from San Diego County who died of COVID-19 was found at a Coachella Valley home Wednesday.
Officials said the man contracted the virus outside Riverside County but had been self-quarantining in La Quinta when he died.
Because the man was not a Riverside County resident, the death does not change the countywide death toll, which stands at eight.
However, officials said it's a reminder that the virus can still be deadly to those who are young and healthy.
"My deepest condolences go out to the family of the young adult who passed,'' said Fourth District Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez. "The virus does not discriminate and age doesn't matter. This tragedy demonstrates
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