Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed a third child has died from a coronavirus-related illness, a new priority amid the pandemic as a disease now be affecting 73 or more children in New York State.
– Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed a third child has died from a coronavirus-related illness, a new priority amid the pandemic as a disease now be affecting 73 or more children in New York State.
“We were laboring under the impression that young people were not affected by COVID-19, and that was actually good news,” the governor said during his Saturday coronavirus update. “The vulnerable populations were older people, people with comorbidities. One of the few rays of good news was young people weren’t affected. We’re not so sure that is the fact anymore.”
Cuomo said elementary school children are presenting symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease or toxic shock-like syndrome.
A 7-year-old boy died late last week at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla. Dr. Michael Gewitz said he suffered neurological complications from what is now called pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome.
