Pennyrile Area Health Director Jim Tolley said Kathy Schroeder, 59, has died at an area hospital.
A retired 911 dispatcher for Crittenden County, Schroeder was the first confirmed coronavirus case in this county. Local officials said on April 1 that she was hospitalized with the virus. She had remained hospitalized from the time the case was confirmed until her death overnight.
Tolley said she passed away “as a result of complications associated with COVID.”
