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    1. Safety & Health

    Coroner: PA Firefighter Died of COVID Pulmonary Embolisms

    Dec. 31, 2020
    Scranton firefighter Stephen Sunday, who died Dec. 29, tested positive for the virus and was in quarantine when he became critically ill, according to the Lackawanna County coroner.

    By Jim Lockwood

    Source The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.

    Scranton, PA, Fire Department
    Scranton, PA, firefighter Stephen Sunday.
    Scranton, PA, firefighter Stephen Sunday.

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    The unexpected death of a 28-year-old Scranton firefighter was caused by multiple pulmonary embolisms from COVID-19, Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland announced today.

    Stephen Sunday, who died Tuesday, previously tested positive for COVID-19 and was in quarantine at home when he became critically ill and was taken to a hospital, Rowland said.

    A pulmonary embolism is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs.

    A firefighter since January, Sunday died at Geisinger Community Medical Center.

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