First known U.S. COVID-19 patient dies from cardiac rupture: autopsy shows

The earliest recorded death from COVID-19 in the U.S. resulted from a cardiac rupture caused by coronavirus infection, an autopsy report obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle showed.  

The 57-year-old Santa Clara woman, whose death from COVID-19 is the earliest known in the U.S. so far, died on February 6 and had reported flu-like symptoms in the days leading up to her death. While she had a mildly enlarged heart, she had no coronary heart disease or blot clots that would have triggered a heart attack, the report revealed.  

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