A posthumous coronavirus test was conducted and came back positive for COVID-19, according to Hawk. Wilkes did not have any known underlying health conditions, and an autopsy is being conducted, he said.The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA hospital spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday that the staff was"deeply saddened when the coroner notified us ... of the sudden passing of our colleague.
The hospital said that out of an abundance of caution it contacted employees and patients Wilkes may have had contact with. "Piedmont is providing these individuals with detailed information for self-monitoring and will offer COVID-19 testing to those who request it," the statement read."This employee did not work in an area treating known or suspected COVID-19 patients. Our thoughts and prayers are with the employee’s family during this difficult time."
Georgia has more than 1,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the state's Department of Public Health. As of Tuesday night, the number of deaths in the state totaled 38. According to the Journal-Constitution, Wilkes' death and that of a 48-year-old health care worker are the first fatalities from the virus among the state's medical personnel. The outlet reported that the 48-year-old worker died Thursday at a Florida hospital.
POTUS It is your failure.
sad 😞 other cause of death needs to be ruled out tho
BeverlyFolkers Heartbreaking.
Did she die from pneumonia? How did she die? Did she O.D.? Why do an autopsy if they know she died from Chinese Virus complications? The story is premature and very misleading.
gene_chrastil Oh no poor kiddo that’s heartbreaking
TrumpBodyCount TrumpPandemicFailure COVIDIOT
Oh! No. Terrible news
& LindseyGrahamSC just insulted nurses yesterday
HKokbore No one wear masks to work in the nursing home. The hospital just started to ask local people donating home made masks. So sad.
This is so sad.. 😔
Heartbreaking 💔
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maly339417 Absolutely haunting and heartbreaking! 💔
This is so sad 😭 May she rip 🙏🏻🙏🏻
This has been fully vetted and there are no underlying issues like drug overdose, aneurysm, injuries from a fall etc. ? If it turns out there were underlying causes, all involved with this should be incarcerated for causing panic or at the very least sued in a class action suit.
Another terrible story. Sad. If hydrochloroquine works why r we not giving it 2 patients & healthcare workers? Big Brother Fail.
An Atlanta-based colleague shared this story with me yesterday and we both cried. I can't stop thinking about this poor child.
R.I.P for all the medical stuff died in the war fighting virus.
heartbreaking
That's horrific and sad.
ZerlinaMaxwell Oh My God! I can’t. The tears just started flowing when I read this. And this could have been avoided. Can’t we remove this administration and put in capable people who know what they’re doing. removethe buffoons
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ZerlinaMaxwell This has echoes of epidemics before the age of scientific medicine - the Black Death, etc. Similar scenes played out around the world in 1918-19 - I cannot believe 100 years later, we can do no better. Horrifying.
ZerlinaMaxwell 😔
ZerlinaMaxwell VP senatemajldr SenSchumer ChuckGrassley SpeakerPelosi SenateDems SenateGOP you are all responsible for this by not holding realDonaldTrump accountable FOR THIS. This joke isn’t funny anymore, muh guys.
ZerlinaMaxwell 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
ZerlinaMaxwell 😭
ZerlinaMaxwell I hate to say it, but this is the first of many stories like this one... DJT, looking through your 'rose colored glasses' and spreading disinformation only exacerbates this virus' deadly strength!!
Oh man 😭
Good. Lord.
The part with the 4 year old is vague. Is the child dead or alive? See how the media can mislead the public.....
Oh, she died at the battle front. May God grant her peaceful rest. Child, the word owes you a lot; be blessed.
How terribly sad.
That’s freaking sad
😢The stories of loss on the other side of this will be heart breaking to hear. This virus does not discriminate!
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Saddest thing ever...💔
pdacosta 💔😢
Did anyone read the actual article? She had COVID-19 but may not be the cause of death. An autopsy is being performed. Furthermore, she did not treat patients with the virus, she was a mammogram tech.its quite sad but don’t just read a headline, think for yourself.
Country continues to fail us.
Tragedy , sigh......
so terrible…
Heartbreaking ... 💔
6 or 4 year old?
MGC3I My thoughts and prayers and Condolences! Go out to her family and Friends
Fake news i hope
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Heartbreaking
Very very sad 😢
So Sad....RIP
Same thing happened in China last month. A kid watched his grandpa passed away, and live with corpse for days. COVID19 is tragedy for all mankind. 🙁
How very sad.
This is sad. I can’t cope with this story ☹️
this article's header should reflect that she wasn't on the front lines like ER - she worked in the healthcare field - so the people who want to loosen social contact restrictions can really see how this virus is actively killing everyday people who do normal jobs in good health.
itsnotny I need people to check on their damn families! My family has taken a break from our political divide to make sure every single parent, every Aunt living alone, every cousin we may have forgotten about because they drink too much are accounted for! Please people, check on family!
Wow!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The gov does not guarantee that every Medical worker Have enough equipment to protect themselves, a combination of Sars and Adis. It can damage the lungs and the immune system of the whole body. Even if it heals, it causes irreversible damage to the body
Unbearably tragic 😞
This is what happened in Wuhan before.that’s why China lock down the whole city.I don’t understand it has been 2 months since China locked their city.Why US is repeating the tragedy again?
This is bio warfare...i dont give a shit what others say!
So sad to hear this.
The system totally failed this woman!!!! No way should this have happened! I am so very heartbroken.
heartbroken. really really sad...
It is tragic & heartbreaking. To those who cried out to save the country even to risk their lives, this is just a statistical figure.
pdacosta POTUS is a failure
pdacosta ThursdayMotivation God rest her soul and the poor baby be loved forever 😷🦠😢🦠😷
Seems to be a minor but worrying trend that the virus is affecting more and more younger people.
No. I cannot take this. My heart hurts so much. My baby girl is 4 years old. I cannot fathom. I don't want to even try to imagine. My biggest fear is that I get sick. I am the only parent she has.I hope that poor baby is safe. This is just too cruel. This truly makes me cry. 💔
RIP
KatrinaHagen2 This is just heartbreaking. No words. 😥💔
So very sorry
This is all on your hands trump. Do you even care? realDonaldTrump
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geny2435363634 Very very sad.
😔 my greatest fear. LORD HELP US.🙏🏾
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Apparently she was asymptomatic so they’re not sure if it was actually the virus that killed her ?
Thats just crazy with no symptoms we really need to come together and quit that Fightin yall. Yall just on some dumb stuff while people are dyin now. Give shots to every1 find a answer instead of fightin 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Heartbroken
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FuckN horrific.
Going to finish the lie or make it bigger you scum.
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American carnage.
I say that is tantamount to manslaughter and Trump should be charged.
Absolutely horrible and sad at the same time... so many unanswered questions..
I wonder if anyone in the USA congress read or saw this?
Heartbreaking
So Sad
tRump is going to open up the Country by Easter. He wants packed churches. Although not a tRump goes to church. And everyone knows his cult followers don't. They go to bonfires w white sheets over themselves. trump says more people die in car crashes!
But when NBC Fake News should have been sounding the alarm with effective investigative reporting, NBC Fake News was OBSESSED with impeaching President Trump on some made up bullshit by Pencil Neck Schitt. This death is on your journalistically irresponsible hands, NBC Fake News!
heartbreaking! poor baby - too bad that she's saving lives but no one was able to save hers.
161EUG The abundance of caution comment was obscene. If anyone had an abundance of caution she'd be alive.
Fear mongering. Don't give into the propaganda. Turn off the news. You will be less anxious. How many people do you know have it?
And the child
Would someone tell me what happened to the 4-year-old? Is he or she okay? Was she a single parent? This article will haunt me until I learn the full story.
Noooooo! Devastated.
Oh lord. How awful.
This is a tragedy.
This is the worst thing I’ve read in a long time. Such a sad story. Please stay home everyone.
I don't like this version of revisiting the 20s...
Could be so much worse... here is Daily reminder that - While ResistAtAllCosts democrats pushed fakeimpeachment, on January 31, 2020 Trump began battle, Declares Coronavirus A Public Health Emergency And Restricts Travel From China
This is too much
This headline really has it all
What a horrible tragedy. ❤️🙏❤️
OMG. Im so sorry. My Condolences
So sad...
BoycottHegemony
So upsetting ... tears in heaven ... no more deaths... POTUS u can’t allow people to go back to work .. how many more deaths
Can somebody share that with Lindsay Graham please.
I’m so angry! Defense Production Act would’ve gotten PPE to our doctors and nurses sooner. This is a tragedy and I blame Trump.
So, about Easter Fuck!!
Devastating. ❤️❤️
OMG how horrific.
All these people on here saying this is Trumps fault wil be the same people cashing the stimulus check here shortly. Clowns.
Oh God. 😔
This is by far the saddest story I’ve heard thus far. I’m at a loss right now.
How incredibly sad. Prayers for her young child & her family at this most difficult time.
Such sad news today
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Saddened by this news.
Omg,how heart breaking.
Dam 💔
Teram323Tere 😥😥😥this poor child was all alone while her mother suffered and died from the Corona Virus you were warned about in December. Trump and his cult members will have blood on their hands forever....
I have seen so many videos where people just drop dead. There are so many weird things that go with this virus. The HIV component, lungs with the white particles even though the person has no symptoms. There are 2 known strands. Hopefully, it mutated again.
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Anybody survive today? What’s their story.?
Bless, this is so sad. God bless her and her baby xx
Heartbreaking 🙏🏾
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So so tragic. That poor little girl 😢
RubenGallego 🥺😞😞😞😞
heartbreak
This is horrible!
LeslieMarshall 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💔💔💔😢
How could USA the strongest nation on earth deteriorated to this level. The government is held responsible!
LeslieMarshall Oh my God how horrible 😱
This is really sad. Maybe hearing stories like this will motivate Georgia’s GOP governor BrianKempGA to do something useful for Georgia, not just for his donors and the rich. Becoming a Governor through cheating, like what a lot of Republicans do, shouldn’t be an excuse.
JacquelineKeis2. How horrible I'm at a loss for words. Sending prayers
So sad,plz adpt rapid propr way to stop deaths by Neem tree fruit Nimoli/its leavs protect al nrvs prvide evrytime oxygn to bdy. If WHO anounce atonce that every person of world take 2dozs Neem tonic daily mustNo death occure Antibio ntiseptic ntiviral ntielergy firstlife saver
Imagine if this had happened in China, we would have Trump's groupies all commenting 'CCP murder killing its own people'... But it's fine, it's in the US, just an accident... RIP. And this 4-year-old boy... 😭
RubenGallego Im not sure why we needed to know this.
Medics, nurses and workers can get the corona virus dozens of times, thats mortal :((( this is serious they need real protection, not a mask, a full bioprotection :((( pcmperu aqui tambien necesitan los bio uniformes botas, zona de desinfeccion, no solo uba mascara!
How sad.
Heartbreaking.
brooklynmarie Heartbreaking.
Kliman 82 estimates that 5 percent of children in the United States—1.5 million—lose one or both parents by age 15; others suggest that the proportion is substantially higher in lower socioeconomic groups.
R I P
Would make for a great short story.
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But let's pack churches for Easter/ The elderly are willing to sacrifice themselves for the economy
OMG no human right in USA. Sad
Some people have to work themselves to death, just to take care of their family.
This is heartbreaking.
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This is so disturbing
ThomasTNyoni2 It's tragedies like this that would've been avoided if Trump & his cronies weren't so busy selling off their stocks.
So sad
This is crushing, the poor child. I hope they’re with family & not having to be quarantined alone.
This is devastating!!!
OrlvndoA Social distancing is not enough. Today we had the 1st. Death of COVID-19 in Al. People without masks, children riding bikes down the street, people go for a walk thinking it is nothing serious. It is prudent to constantly speak to the population and report what it is all about.
I’ve read this article and found a couple of others. Her four year old was found sitting near the body. Mom had been dead for 12 to 14 hours. None of these articles say what happened to the child. ARGH! They said a posthumous test indicated the woman did have COVID-19.
Oh my! That's so sad! 😭
Hopefully she wasn't tested so we won't count her as a covid19 victim. Says trumpf.
This is crazy. everyone needs to get tested asap.
BloodOnTrumpsHands
Pray for Americans, pray for everyone😭
Well that's just sad😟
realDonaldTrump always do the reich thing. Everything's gonna be alright around Easter. Trump is a genius... Trump gonna kill poeple because he doesn't effing care. Thousands poeple will die soon, very soon. COVID19 TrumpLiesAmericansDie
This is horrible, fear mongering reporting.
AnthonyBourque 💔💔💔
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Rest in peace! CoronaHeroes
This hits me hard. What if that was me at 4? I was playing and being goofy, blissfully unaware of how lucky I had it.
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She was a mammogram technician. What do you think the chances are that she got infected at work? I don't think this is really related to her job.
Republicans/Trump, this one is on you..
To sad for words.... our sincere condolences to her family and friends.
Some things just don't need to be reported. Read temporary of the room for gosh sakes. tacky nomadjustdisappointed
Uh. That is heartbreaking.
Lord help. 🙏🏽
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TodayitStarts 🙏
Yeah, that's plague shit right there. Be good to each other.
Wtf did she not know she had it?
From the hospital. I think they are tying to hide something
Heartbreaking!
Heart breaking
God help us folks.😢
I’m 42 with a 4 yr old, just like her. This definitely hits home. Absolutely terrible and frightening. 💔
The Corvid 19 Virus is slowly moving like a thiefe it stalks its victim taking a little and some time Everything. If it brake,s from it,s norm. And brake,s out of it,s cage. We will see 500,000,000 Million dead or more. The Spanish influenza. The bubonic plague The 1918 influenza
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Horrific. 😱😢🙏 Rest in peace.
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God and science save us
Cernovich
So sad!
Shit
Hmmm an extremely pathetic situation,my sincere heartfelt condolences to the family and may her gentle soul rest in perfect peace
Horrible, simply terrible
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Trump values Boeing over this poor worker's life. 💔😭
Dear god 🙏🏻
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RIP...So sorry. The stress is too much for so many people.
😔😔😔 Bless our doctors and nurses.
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Completely horrible. It’s happening everywhere. Explain why- EXPLAIN HYPOXIA This was China....
Thank Trump. What protection did she have? Any test for the virus on this HEALTHCARE WORKER.
It’s heartbreaking
where was the Dad? Were there signs of forced entry? Where's the JOURNALISM? We're not supposed to accept the press releases as accurate
AKH0001 My daughter who works in the hospital too with shortage of PPE told me 60 staff members tested positive for COVID-19. I am trying very hard to stay strong but I am pretty freaked out and worried every minute of every day and NIGHT.
Y'all be careful with ur stories...make sure to get all accurate info before making it scare people
God help us all.
My heart hurts, my tears are flowing...I have no words other than peace and prayers to this family 🙏🏻❤️❤️🙏🏻
Just heartbreaking 💔
OMG this is heartbreaking. 💔 So sorry.
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But how? How can you not worry?!?!?!?!?!?
Not a boomer...
And PS the 18-year-old that supposedly died in California yesterday five hours later they started backtracking was not from corona
No underlying health conditions. And no symptoms yet it killed her.
This is absolutely sickening. 💔.
My heart breaks reading this...
42 years old. This shit is real, people. Listen to doctors and experts, not billionaires.
So sad; working endlessly with a profession that is highly demanding and with the current highest stress level to help combat the virus and one dies to their death and leaves a 4 year old left...is heartbreaking.
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This is ALL ON TRUMP! He’s a murderer!
Sad. So sad. Was she healthy? Underlying medical problems? There is so much that I wish we knew about this virus. The end can’t come soon enough. CoronavirusSymptoms
So sad
So sad 😥 RIP 🙏
I think it is a responsibility for friends and family to check up on each other.. mostly those who stay alone.. lockDownSouthAfrica AlcoholFreeSA 21daylockdown
This would *never* happen to a member of Congress.
why dont NBCnews report people that have recovered? why are you sensationalizing this pandemic for your followers.. Makes me sick how to media is so damn one sided and narrow minded..Do better.
Sker4Lyfe This is horrifying. My heart goes out to her child who must be incredibly traumatized. My god, I cant believe realDonaldTrump is actually pushing people to go back to work when Dr. Fauci is saying these cases are escalating. 🤬
Omg, so sad
Trump’s legacy
This is not normal, totally unacceptable.
omg....
What a tragedy! Our hearts go out to all these folks fighting this without real protection. We have to help them!
So sad....the mother is gone now SIP...I hope the child will be alright and coronavirus free
This is a tragedy. 😢
Doctors should stop working without PPE!
So sorry! OMG 😔😔😔 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️
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