Grant County resident dies from hantavirus

The Grant County Health District (GCHD) received confirmation from the Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory (DOH) that the death of a Grant County woman in her 30s was associated with Hantavirus exposure. The woman was hospitalized and died on March 28. The Health District investigation determined the woman was most likely exposed within Grant County. The last Grant County Hantavirus patient who died as a result of the illness succumbed in 2005.

“The Grant County Health District is saddened by her death. Our deepest sympathy goes out to her family,” said Dr. Alexander...