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WASHINGTON: A US infant has died from the COVID-19 illness, officials in the state of Illinois said on Saturday, marking an extremely rare case of juvenile death in the global pandemic.
At a news conference, Governor JB Pritzker said “an infant” was among the fatalities linked to the new coronavirus over the previous 24 hours. “A full investigation is underway to determine the cause of death.” Pritzker described himself as shaken by the news.
The state Department of Public Health said the child who died in Chicago was younger than one year old and had tested positive for COVID-19. “There has never before been a death associated with COVID-19 in an infant,” the department’s director Ngozi Ezike said in a statement. (AFP)
At a news conference, Governor JB Pritzker said “an infant” was among the fatalities linked to the new coronavirus over the previous 24 hours. “A full investigation is underway to determine the cause of death.” Pritzker described himself as shaken by the news.
The state Department of Public Health said the child who died in Chicago was younger than one year old and had tested positive for COVID-19. “There has never before been a death associated with COVID-19 in an infant,” the department’s director Ngozi Ezike said in a statement. (AFP)
