Local News Patient had underlying health issues, officials say A nurse holds a swabs and test tube kit to test people for COVID-19, the disease that is caused by the new coronavirus, at a drive through station set up in a hospital parking lot. (Paul Sancya/AP)

SAN ANTONIO – A man in his 50s with underlying health conditions died of COVID-19 at Methodist Northeast Hospital, according to city and county officials.

The man was hospitalized for “an unrelated health issue” and died there while receiving treatment, according to a news release sent Monday. Officials did not say how long he was in the hospital or how he contracted the virus.

The patient is the first man and sixth person to die from complications related

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