Woman in her 30’s dies of COVID-19

Death marks the youngest COVID-19related fatality in the county

SANTA CRUZ >> A Latina woman in her 30s died of the coronavirus Dec. 17, according to data entered into the local data dashboard Monday, making her the youngest person to die in Santa Cruz County yet.

Data provided by county spokesman Jason Hoppin shows that she had no significant underlying health conditions that would have contributed to her death.

The closest individual in age to have died in the county was its eighth fatality, a Latino man in his 40s that died Sept. 11. The man had at least one significant underlying health condition that

contributed to his death.

Since Christmas, Santa Cruz County has received and logged an additional seven death certificates for residents who died of COVID-19. This brings the county’s total of virus-related fatalities to 83.

According to data provided by county spokesman Jason Hoppin on Monday, the 77th fatality was a white man in his 70s who died Dec. 19. He had significant underlying health conditions that contributed to his death and was a resident of Pacific Coast Manor in Capitola.

The 78th fatality was a white woman in her 80s who died Dec. 22. She had no health conditions that would have contributed to her death, making the coronavirus the sole cause. She was a resident of Montecido Manor in Watsonville.

The 79th fatality was a woman in her 80s who died Dec. 22. Her race was not listed on her death certificate, according to the county. She had significant underlying health conditions that contributed to her death; she was not a resident of any skilled nursing or residential care facility that has experienced a virus outbreak since the pandemic began.

The 80th fatality was the woman who set a new record for the youngest resident to die of the virus yet in the county.

The 81st fatality was a white woman in her 80s who died Dec. 19. She had no significant underlying health condition that would have contributed to her death; she was not a resident of a skilled nursing or residential care facility.

The 82nd fatality was a Latina woman in her 90s who died Dec. 19. She had significant underlying health conditions that contributed to her death. She was a resident of Valley Convalescent Hospital in Watsonville — the skilled nursing facility’s first coronavirus-related death since it began experiencing an outbreak in late November.

The 83rd fatality was a woman in her 90s that died Dec. 16. Her race was not recorded on her death certificate. She had significant underlying health conditions that contributed to her death and was not a resident of any nearby skilled nursing or residential care facility.