First coronavirus deaths reported in Mexican border state of Baja California
TIJUANA (Border Report) The Secretary of Health in Baja California is reporting its first three coronavirus-related deaths in the state.
One is an unidentified 70-year-old man from Mexicali, which is located about 120 miles southeast of San Diego. He died Monday and reportedly had a history of diabetes, hypertension and obesity according to Dr. Alonso Oscar Perez Rico, Baja California s Secretary of Health.
The man died four days after being admitted to a hospital displaying symptoms of COVID-19.
The other two deaths are both 40-year old men.