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Coronavirus death in Placer County

Placer County officials reported Wednesday morning that a resident has died of the coronavirus. The person was an elderly Rocklin resident with underlying health conditions. He was likely exposed to the virus while overseas on a Grand Princess cruise ship that departed from San Francisco on a roundtrip voyage to Mexico between Feb 11 and 21. Ten Kaiser Permanente health care workers and five emergency responders who were exposed are were in isolation are now in quarantine.