A baby under the age of one has died in the United StatesfromCovid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, Illinois state officials said on Saturday. The disease is said to save children relatively, and very young victims are very rare.
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“Today, I have terribly sad information to report. Among the deaths in the past 24 hours, there was a government employee (…) and a very young child, “said Governor J.B. Pritzker at a press conference.
“I know how hard this news is to accept, especially when it comes to a very young child,” he added.
The Illinois Department of Health then clarified that the child was less than a year old, without specifying if he suffered from other conditions.
The United States has become this week the country of the world having recorded the greatest number of cases of contaminations with the new coronavirus. It affected nearly 120,000 people and nearly 2,000 died.
