COVID-19 caused the death of a traveler who fell ill aboard aΒ flight from Florida to California last week, Louisiana authorities said Tuesday.
Jefferson Parish coroners listed "acute respiratory failure" and "COVID-19" as causes of death for Isaias Hernandez, a 69-year-old Los Angeles resident, NBC News reports.
Hernandez had been aboard a westbound United Airlines flight from Orlando to Los Angeles last Monday. After falling ill, two fellow travelers β a nurse and EMT β performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him, witnesses said.
The flight was diverted to New Orleans and Hernandez died that night at a hospital in Kenner, Louisiana, according to the coroner's report.
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