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78-year-old Bulgarian woman, long-time choir conductor, dies of COVID-19 complications in USА

A Bulgarian woman has died of COVID-19 complications during her visit to the USA. The woman was visiting her son who lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. the Bulgarian national television bTV has reported. The manner in which she got infected remains unclear but she felt bad and was taken into hospital where she later died of complications. The 78-year-old Ofelia Ruseva, who was a prominent choral conductor in Bulgaria of a Sofia-based choir, died of a pulmonary complication as a result of infection with the novel coronavirus. 

Ofelia Ruseva's son is also infected and is now under hospital treatment in Pittsburgh. He is in serious yet stable condition.



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