Man in his 20s among 6 new virus deaths in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Department of Health announced six coronavirus-related deaths on Friday morning.

Health officials said the deaths had occurred in the past six months.

A man in his 20s was identified as one of the victims. This is the eighth person in his 20s to die from the virus in El Paso.

The deaths also included:

1 – man in his 40s

1 – man in his 60s

3 – men in their 80s

Health officials reported 512 new cases, bringing the number of known active cases to 35,188, marking a slight decrease.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 115,810 confirmed cases with 78,348 recoveries reported.

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