HEALTH authorities have confirmed the death of a young woman from meningococcal disease at Gosford Hospital last week.

Mischelle Rhodes, 19, is the second person to die of the deadly disease this year after a 38-year-old Central Coast woman died from the W strain of meningococcal at the beginning of August.

A third case of meningococcal was confirmed in June, but in a rare form of conjunctivitis, and the patient recovered fully.

HEALTH authorities have confirmed the death of a young woman from meningococcal disease at Gosford Hospital last week.

Mischelle Rhodes, 19, is the second person to die of the deadly disease this year after a 38-year-old Central Coast woman died from the W strain of meningococcal at the beginning of August.

A third case of meningococcal was confirmed in June, but in a rare form of conjunctivitis, and the patient recovered fully.