(NEXSTAR) — A third person in the remote California town of Mammoth Lakes has died of hantavirus, the sometimes-fatal illness that authorities say Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, died of earlier this year.

In a statement shared Thursday, Mono County Health & Human Services confirmed that a young adult had died from the illness.

"We don't have a clear sense of where this young adult may have contracted the virus," Dr. Tom Boo, the county's public health officer said. "The home had no evidence of mouse activity. We observed some mice in the workplace, which is not unusual for indoor spaces this time of year in Mammoth Lakes. We haven't identified any other activities in the weeks before illness that would have increased this person's exposure to mice or their droppings."

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