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Texas Woman Died of Coronavirus β€˜on the Jetway' on Flight From Arizona

β€œIt became difficult for her to breathe and they tried to give her oxygen,” an official said. β€œIt was not successful."

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A Texas woman in her 30s died of COVID-19 while flying home from Arizona this summer, officials said Monday.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that the woman died in July, but that officials just learned of her official cause of death.

β€œIt became difficult for her to breathe, and they tried to give her oxygen,” he told the station. β€œIt was not successful. She died on the jetway.”

The woman, who was from the Dallas suburb of Garland, had underlying health conditions, according to a Dallas County news release. Additional information about her was not immediately available.

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