The Lancaster High School student is the youngest person to die of the novel coronavirus in Dallas County, officials told WFAA Tuesday.
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School officials confirmed that Jameela Dirrean-Emoni Barber died of the disease.
She reportedly died in the emergency room Saturday before she could be admitted to the hospital.
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School officials said Barber was preparing to be inducted into the National Honor Society. The teen also had a special love for ROTC.
City officials told WFAA that Barber was the first to die in Lancaster, Texas, a south suburb of Dallas.
Texas is among some of the first states to outline how it plans to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic.