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The department’s mortality assessment on Monday says a child between the ages of 1-17 died from the virus. The report was updated hours after the health department released its weekly update, showing an additional 7 deaths.
Valley Children’s Hospital confirmed that the child was a patient in her hospital.
TROUSERS: The Fresno County Public Health Mortality Review (posted 8/17) shows a second pediatric death.
It lists 212 total COVID-19 deaths. pic.twitter.com/BnnX1ZSlQg– Corin Hoggard (@corinhoggard) 21 August 2020
No further information was immediately available. The director of Fresno County Public Health, Dr. Rais Vohra, had no details about the pediatric patient’s case.
RELATED: Fresno County teenager is the first child in California to die from COVID-19
A Fresno County teenager was the first child in the state to die of COVID-19 last month. The teen had underlying health conditions but no further information was provided.
Fresno County’s coronavirus cases are the highest in the Central Valley. As of Friday, the province had 212 dead.
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