The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said.

Arizona: A resident of north Arizona died from pneumonic plague, marking the first death in the region in 18 years. The last death was reported in 2007, when an individual had contact with a dead animal infected with the disease,

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.