A California resident who was vaccinated against COVID-19 died just hours later – and authorities are trying to find out why.
The Placer County sheriff’s office announced the death and investigation on Saturday in a Facebook post, but gave few details.
The county, which is in the Sacramento metropolitan area, was “recently notified” of the person’s death, police said.
The person had tested positive for coronavirus in December and had been vaccinated just hours before his death on January 21.
There was no indication of which vaccine the person had received.
“There are a number of local, state and federal agencies actively investigating this case; any reports on the cause of death are premature, pending the outcome of the investigation. Our thoughts are with the family of the deceased, ”wrote the sheriff’s office.
An autopsy would be done on Monday, the sheriff’s office told CBS’s Sacramento branch.