Georgia health officials have confirmed that a 7-year-old boy without underlying conditions has become the youngest person in the state to die of COVID-19.
The African-American boy was infected with the disease after attending a church in Savannah, where he was in contact with two senior members who were also infected with the virus and died, the local NBC branch reported.
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“The death of this child is absolutely tragic, and we are praying for her loved ones in this difficult time,” Republican goddess Brian Kemp said in a statement received by WSAV-TV.
Authorities have not disclosed his identity.
Students arrive at Dallas Elementary School in Dallas, Ga., For the first day of the 2020-21 school year amid the outbreak of coronavirus. (AP Photo / Brynn Anderson)
The boy was seized after a shower and was taken to Chatham County Hospital, where he later died, according to WSAV.
An April report in The New York Times found that a small number of COVID-19 patients exhibit neurological problems, such as strokes and seizures.
Kemp’s office said it was still gathering information on the death of the child.
“Every COVID-19 death we report is tragic, but to lose one so young is especially heartbreaking,” local Georgia District Health Director Dr. Lawton Davis wrote in a statement on Thursday.
“We know that older people and those with underlying conditions are at higher risk for complications, but this is a disease that everyone should take seriously,” he said.
According to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center, Peach State now has more than 209,000 cases and more than 4,117 deaths with an 11.92% positivity rate.
The boy’s death is not the first among children in the US
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At least seven minors have died from COVID-19 in Florida including a 9-year-old girl who did not have any underlying medical conditions.
This week, a second-grader in Georgia tested positive after attending the first day of school in the Cherokee County School District, causing the child’s teacher and classmates to be sent home for quarantine two weeks.
