https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/georgia-child-7-dies-of-coronavirus-as-states-death-toll-surpasses-4000/FOXXZOKK2RE5LOQVRYTUDZE6W4/
Aug 6, 2020
By J. Scott Trubey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A 7-year-old boy from the Savannah area has died from COVID-19, Georgia health officials reported Thursday, making him the youngest person in the state known to have died from the disease.
News of the child’s death comes the same day Georgia surpassed 4,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic. Little information was released about the child, but the Georgia Department of Public Health said the boy, who lived in Chatham County, had no reported chronic conditions. DPH declined to release additional information, citing federal health privacy laws.
Deaths among children from the virus are rare, and infections among kids tend to be less severe than for adults. But COVID-19 is not without risks even for the young. In recent weeks, state health officials have warned about a dangerous inflammatory condition in children that is suspected to be linked to the virus.
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