NEW YORK -- A six-week-old infant has died of complications relating to COVID-19, the governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut said Wednesday, in one of the youngest recorded deaths from the virus.
Governor Ned Lamont tweeted that the newborn was "brought unresponsive to a hospital late last week and could not be revived.""This is absolutely heartbreaking. We believe this is one of the youngest lives lost anywhere due to complications relating to COVID-19." Last week Illinois authorities said they were investigating the death of a child "younger than one year" who had tested positive for coronavirus.The fast-spreading virus that has caused at least 4,476 deaths in the United States is believed to be more dangerous for older adults, though increasingly it appears to be also sending younger patients to hospital as well.
New York state, which Connecticut borders, has been particularly hard hit by Covid-19, accounting for nearly 2,000 of the US deaths. Residents of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are among the millions of Americans ordered to stay home unless they work jobs deemed essential."This is a virus that attacks our most fragile without mercy," Lamont tweeted. "This also stresses the importance of staying home and limiting exposure to other people."This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S.
So tragic.
Tragic and heartbreaking.
My Twitter feed has NYT & CTV with the same picture but different articles.
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All I keep hearing is that this virus is an excuse to take away our civil liberties. It has a 98 percent survival rate. Blah blah blah. It’s disgusting the comments I see on a daily basis. These are the a-holes who are making it worse and longer for us to stay away from others.
pewpewpew So sad. This needs to be resolved quick
This breaks my heart my thoughts go out to the parents and family of this horrible news 😔🙏❤️
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This is beyond horrid.
How can anyone read this and doubt this is the real deal Breaks my heart 😩😩
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