First child dies from virus

[jimnyc]

Not a good sign.

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California child dies of coronavirus — believed to be first kid fatality in US

A child has died of the coronavirus in California, authorities said Tuesday — the first apparent fatality of someone under age 18 in the country.

“A devastating reminder that COVID-19 infects people of all ages,” Barbara Ferrer, head of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said in announcing three new deaths from the virus in the county, along with 128 more confirmed cases.

The department added of the fatalities in a statement, “One individual was a youth under the age of 18, and two other individuals were between 50-70 years old.

“The individual under the age of 18 resided in Lancaster.

“One of the individuals between 50-70 years old had underlying health conditions and resided in West Adams, the other is from a location that is still under investigation.

The CDC said in a report issued last week that fewer than 1 percent of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US have involved people age 19 or younger so far — and that no one in that group had died to date.

A 14-year-old boy in China was previously reported to have died from the virus, as was a victim in Spain between the age of 10 and 19.

LA now has reported 662 cases and 11 deaths from the virus.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/california-child-dies-of-coronavirus-believed-to-be-first-kid-fatality-in-us/

[jimnyc]

This only adds to the sadness. :(

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First US child to ‘die from COVID-19’ was only diagnosed after he died, as he did ‘not meet the criteria’ for test

THE FIRST US child to succumb to coronavirus was only diagnosed with the deadly infection after he died as he did not “meet the criteria” for the test, the US Sun has learned.

Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris said Wednesday that the teenager "did not meet the criteria for public health to OK a test and the only time he was tested was after he died."

LA Mayor Erioc Garcetti also responded to the death, stating overnight: "I was informed by the county that this individual did not have pre-existing conditions. It’s a sober reminder that anybody can die from this disease."

The US Sun can report that the minor was a 17-year-old who was admitted to Antelope Valley Hospital with respiratory problems five days prior to his death.

The teen ultimately died of septic shock and also had an underlying heart condition that contributed to his death, before he was diagnosed with coronavirus post-mortem.

Rest - https://www.the-sun.com/news/585672/first-us-minor-not-meet-criteria-coronavirus-test/

[FakeNewsSux]

17-year-old Lancaster boy whose death was linked to COVID-19 died of septic shock: Mayor
Los Angeles County health officials said Wednesday that they no longer are including a 17-year-old boy in the tally of coronavirus deaths until they do more to determine his precise cause of death.
The county’s public health director, Barbara Ferrer, said she’s asked the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate the death of the teen from the Mojave Desert city of Lancaster.
While the child did test positive for the coronavirus, there were “extenuating circumstances that pointed to an alternative diagnosis as well,” she said.
The death is no longer being counted among LA County’s 13 total fatalities from the virus. The county has tallied 799 residents who have tested positive.
Ferrer announced the death of the youth during a briefing Tuesday.
Lancsaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said later Tuesday that a 17-year-old boy had been hospitalized with respiratory problems and died from septic shock, a reaction to a widespread infection that can cause dangerously low blood pressure and organ failure.

http://ktla.com/news/local-news/questions-surround-death-of-17-year-old-lancaster-boy-as-officials-cast-doubt-that-it-was-caused-by-covid-19/