Washington - A baby under the age of one died in the United States from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, Illinois state authorities announced on Saturday.
The disease is said to save children relatively, and very young victims are very rare.“Today I have terribly sad information to report. Among the dead in the past 24 hours, there was a government employee […] and a very young child, "said governor JB at a press conference.
"I know how difficult this news is to accept, especially when it comes to a very young child," he added.
The Illinois Department of Health then specified that the child was less than a year old, without specifying if he suffered from other pathologies.
The United States became the country in the world this week with the highest number of cases of contamination with the new coronavirus. It affected nearly 120,000 people and nearly 2,000 died.
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