ARIZONA — Health officials have reported the first plague death since 2007, according to CBS News and the AP. Plague is generally rare in humans, as an average of seven cases are reported annually in the United States. The person who most recently died had the pneumonic plague and lived in Coconino County, Arizona.

The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.

A resident from Coconino County in Arizona died from pneumonic plague, the first recorded death from the disease in the country since 2007. BBC, citing the country's Coconino County Health and Human Services,