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</div> <p>Josue Zurita, a 31-year-old carpenter in Galveston, Texas, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/flesh-eating-bacteria-claims-life-hurricane-harvey/story?id=50705995" target="_blank">died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection</a> believed to have been contracted from Hurricane Harvey floodwaters.</p>
<p>According to the Galveston County Health District, Zurita visited a hospital on October 10 with an infected wound on his left arm and was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, which eats soft tissue. He <a href="http://www.gchd.org/Home/Components/News/News/1748/65" target="_blank">passed away</a> six days later on October 16.</p>
<p>Zurita, who went by the nickname &#8220;Cochito,&#8221; worked to repair several homes damaged by Harvey flooding. He is the second person in Texas to die from the bacteria. Nancy Reed, 77, died after <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/necrotizing-fasciitis-houston-texas.html?mtrref=undefined" target="_blank">contracting necrotizing fasciitis</a> when she fell in a flooded home and cut her arm.</p>
<p>The Galveston County Health District offers tips for treating open wounds and avoiding infection <a href="http://www.gchd.org/Home/Components/News/News/1748/65" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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