A 39-year-old New Orleans woman tested for coronavirus. She died before results came in.

Editor’s note: A story published by Nola.com on March 27 says the second coronavirus test came back negative.

On March 10, Natasha Ott, 39, felt the beginnings of a cold coming on.

She had a slight fever. Crescent Care, her employer, had only a handful of tests for the new strain of coronavirus on hand; she initially passed on the chance to take one, after being told she was low-risk for the serious disease.

When her symptoms didn’t shake, she did take the test on Monday.

By Thursday, she felt “something in her lungs,” she told longtime partner Josh Anderson. But she still felt well enough by then to join Anderson as the pair walked her dog.

On Friday, Anderson found Ott dead in her kitchen.

Her test results have still not come back. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office has not released a cause of death; state health officials have not said whether they believe it was a case of coronavirus.

Anderson, 40, said what happened to his former girlfriend should be a wake-up call for anyone who still believes COVID-19 isn’t as deadly as experts have claimed.

Orleans Parish has more than 350 confirmed cases, and Louisiana has 585 cases and 16 deaths.

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This story was originally published March 21, 2020 at 1:40 PM.