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Central Virginia Health District sees first COVID-19 death

District includes Appomattox, Amherst, Campbell and Bedford counties, plus city of Lynchburg

(Gerald Herbert, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A person in the Central Virginia Health District who was sick with COVID-19 has died, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced Wednesday.

The Central Virginia Health District contains Appomattox, Amherst, Campbell and Bedford counties, as well as the city of Lynchburg.

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This is the first fatality associated with COVID-19 in the Central Virginia Health District.

The VDH did not release any information about the person, including age and where he or she lives.