A six-week-old baby who could not be resuscitated after being hospitalized last weekend has died of coronavirus in Connecticut, New York’s neighboring governor Ned Lamont said on Wednesday.
“The tests confirmed last night (Tuesday evening, note) that the baby was positive for Covid-19. It breaks your heart. We think he is one of the youngest people in the world , to die from complications due to Covid-19 “, added the governor to his Twitter account.
Illinois authorities announced on Saturday the death in Chicago of a nine-month-old child, the youngest person known to have died of the virus in the United States.
The disease is said to save children relatively, and very young victims are very rare.
Connecticut, although less affected than New York State which has more than 83,000 cases, reported Wednesday more than 3,500 cases and 85 deaths, according to the governor.
The New York region is the most affected in the United States by the pandemic, with more than 100,000 cases confirmed Wednesday between the three neighboring states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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